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Swedish Committee Expresses Concern on Mortality Mothers-Children

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(Last Updated On: October 25, 2022)

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Responsible at Swedish committee have expressed concerns over the increasing of mortality of mothers and children due to lack of medical services and insurgency activities in the country.

Head the programs in Swedish committee Ahmad Fahim Khalid said,”the main reason for increasing of mortality of mothers and children are coming from the lack of medical services and increasing of terrorist activities across the country.”

Meanwhile Minister of public health insisted that Government will use any options to provide much more medical services for the Nation.

Kabul- Kandahar highway is one of the bloodiest highways of Afghanistan where witnessed most of Taliban bloody attacks, which claimed hundreds of life due to no medical center or clinics a number of mothers and children Minister of Public health Ferozudin Feroz has inaugurated an emergency medical center in Wardak Province to save the life of mothers and children.

Head of the Swedish programming Ahmad Khalid Fahim said,” the mortality of mothers and children increased due to no clinics and terrorist attacks which is a shocking issue for us.”

Local officials in Maidan Wardak have said Taliban threats have caused the doctors not to work in remote areas,in order to find a clinic you should be walking around for hours,in the main time Minister of public health has declared the graduation of very first nursing courses a positive step for providing good health in the area.

Government is trying to use any options for providing good medical services for the entire Nation and improve it soon Minister of Public health Ferozuddin Feroz added.

Wardak Governor Hayatullah Hayat said,” Medical service providers are not working in remote areas due to Taliban threats.”

Maidan Wardak has 66 medical clinics within the province which is the close neighbouring of the capital,local officials believed that in winter season most of the residents in Maidan wardak can access few clinics which is counted as the other factors for such an issue.

Reported by Fawad Nasiri

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Public Health minister meets with head of the UN refugees agency

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(Last Updated On: March 22, 2024)

Dr. Qalandar Ebad, the Minister of Public Health met with Leonard Zulu, the head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, on Thursday in Kabul to discuss issues facing the health sector in the country.

Among the issues discussed was that of the establishment of new health centers for returnees in the country.

Ebad said the provision of better health services for compatriots and returnees was one of his priorities and requested the cooperation of this organization in this field.

Leonard Zulu assured Ebad of the organization’s continued cooperation.

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Ebad addresses gathering of health sector supporting organizations in Doha

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(Last Updated On: February 29, 2024)

The Minister of Public Health of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Qalandar Ebad on Thursday attended a meeting of health sector-supporting organizations in Doha, Qatar and spoke about the need to focus on certain areas of healthcare in the country.

In his speech, Ebad spoke of work needed to reform the health system, joint supervision, self-sufficiency of the health sector, standardization of health services at village and district level and provision of all-round health services.

He asked international colleagues in the field of health to work more on reducing administrative costs and delivering aid in a proper and correct manner.

Ebad said that if excessive administrative expenses are prevented, it will have a positive effect on the expenses in the field of health services.

He also emphasized that the release of the country’s frozen assets would be beneficial for the health sector especially for mothers and children.

It is a big and positive step for the independence of Afghanistan’s health system, development and standardization of health services, which should be taken by the international community, he said.

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Polio vaccination campaign underway in Afghanistan

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(Last Updated On: February 26, 2024)

The Ministry of Public Health, in cooperation with international institutions, on Monday launched the second sub-national polio vaccination campaign for 2024.

The campaign runs in different parts of the country from 26 to 29 February 2024, and aims to reach 7.6 million children below the age of five.

“We are committed to eradicating polio in Afghanistan with the cooperation of our partners. We are working day and night and continue supplementary polio vaccination campaigns and health care services in order to reach the goal of completely eradicating polio throughout the country,” Acting Public Health Minister Qalandar Ebad said.

“The support of all Afghans, especially elders and religious scholars, is important in polio eradication activities. It is necessary for them to participate in the fight against polio and keep their children healthy,” he added.

Polio is a viral disease that cannot be cured and can only be prevented and eradicated by vaccination.

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