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Addressing the escalating burden of noncommunicable diseases in Afghanistan
28 August 2018, Kabul – Dr Sadiq is examining the feet of his colleague Mr Dauod. This is the first time they are learning to look for changes to the feet of diabetic patients. Dr Sadiq and Dauod came from the primary health care centre in Kandahar, they are taking turns to learn how to check for diabetic foot that would require medical...
Nearly 14 million children in Afghanistan to be immunized against measles following a growing increase in number of reported cases
KABUL, Afghanistan, 1 September 2018 – The Government of Afghanistan, in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization (WHO) and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, have today launched a nationwide vaccination campaign to protect children 13.8 million children aged 9 months to 10 years against measles. At the...
Ghazni: WHO delivered essential medicine and supply to Ghazni Provincial Hospital
Kabul, 18 August 2018 - Since fighting broke out on 10 August in Ghazni, Central Afghanistan, World Health Organization (WHO) has provided 1 trauma kits and 3 Interagency Emergency Health kit to support emergency health and medical services to treat the wounded at the provincial hospital, supporting 3000 patients who urgently need health services in...
Nationwide polio vaccination campaign aims to reach over 9.9 million children
Kabul, 5 August 2018 – The Ministry of Public Health in Afghanistan, together with UNICEF and WHO, will launch its third national polio vaccination campaign for 2018. Over the next five days, around 9.9 million children under the age of five will be targeted for vaccination against polio across the country. However, 1.2 million children from areas...
Health worker casualties increasing in Afghanistan
Kabul, 2 August 2018 - In Afghanistan, an increasing amount of health workers have been killed in attacks targeting health facilities and personnel in the first half of 2018, compared to the previous six months, reports Health Cluster. A total number of seven health personnel were killed January and June this year, compared to three who were...
Saving lives: WHO upgrades trauma care services in Kapisa Provincial Hospital
The new emergency ward was inaugurated 30 June 2018Kabul, 9 July 2018 – WHO has planned and supported the upgrading of trauma care services at the Provincial Hospital of Kapisa, a high-risk conflict-affected province. The project, which started in November 2017, included construction and equipping of the emergency ward and the operation theatre and...
WHO contributes to improving tuberculosis detection and treatment in Afghanistan with the support of Japan
Kabul, 4 July 2018 Doctor listening to a tuberculosis patient’s lungsWith the support of the Government of Japan, World Health Organization Afghanistan has contributed to the significant strengthening of Afghanistan’s capacity to detect and treat tuberculosis (TB), a potentially serious communicable disease, which continues to be a major public health...
Ministry urges vaccination as new polio case is confirmed in Helmand
Kabul, 2 July 2018 – A new polio case has been reported in Helmand province. A three-year-old child from Nad-e-Ali district, an area inaccessible to vaccination teams in May, has been affected and will be permanently paralyzed. During the last national vaccination campaign, vaccination bans were in place in Helmand, Urozgan and Kandahar,...
Increased numbers of returnees and refugees stretch health service provision in Afghanistan
This baby of a returnee family was born safely in the Torkham border in November 2017 with the assistance of skilled midwives. Photo by David Lai / WHO Afghanistan The recent wave of returnees and the large number of internally displaced people (IDPs) is posing a further challenge on already stretched health care facilities and health care...
WHO Afghanistan and health cluster partners scale up activities to assist people affected by drought
Mobile team provides health services to displaced people. Photo: David LaiKabul, 15 June 2018 – The lives of a million people are critically affected by drought in Afghanistan. Another 2 million people could be affected in the coming months. Food insecurity and reduced access to safe water are beginning to take their toll in the 10 worst...
