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Tuberculosis kills 13 000 Afghans every year
Zubaida, a TB patient who sought care at the Herat TB centre in western Afghanistan. Photo credit: WHO/Laura SalvinelliEarly diagnosis and quality treatment are crucial in the fight against the disease Kabul 24 March 2015 – World Tuberculosis Day is celebrated today around the world to raise awareness and call for more effective measures to...
Millions of Afghan children reached in national polio immunization drive
A baby received two drops of the oral polio vaccine in Balkh provinceKabul 18 March 2015 - The first round of national immunization days (NIDs) in Afghanistan in 2015 was launched on 15 March by H. E. Dr Ferozuddin Feroz, Minister of Public Health of Afghanistan. The three-day NIDs campaign targeted over nine million children under five years of...
Mass casualty management training in Kabul – Wardak and Nangarhar provinces to put mass casualty management plans into practice
Emergency NGO carried out the mass casualty management training exercise in KabulKabul 10 February 2015 – This week 25 provincial health directors and staff from NGOs implementing the basic package of health services (BPHS) and essential package of hospital services (EPHS) in Nangarhar and and Wardak provinces took part in a simulation exercise on...
More effective strategies needed for cancer control: prevention and early detection are key
Afghanistan's First Lady Rula Ghani delivered a speech during the World Cancer Day event held in KabulKabul 4 February 2015 - World Cancer Day was observed today in Afghanistan at an event which brought together key health sector stakeholders and senior government officials to highlight the need for stronger measures in the fight against cancer....
A four-fold increase in investment in midwifery needed to meet 60% of maternal health needs by 2030
Community midwife from Bamyan province listens to a baby's heartbeat. Photo: Rada Akbar/UNFPA Afghanistan 2014Kabul 10 December 2014 – A four-fold increase in investment in midwifery is necessary in the next 15 years to meet 60% of the needs for maternal and reproductive health services according to the State of Afghanistan’s midwifery 2014 report...
Urgent action needed to strengthen health sector response to violence against women
Deputy Minister of Public Health Dr Najia Tariq emphasized that the health sector must provide survivor-centered care to women and girls experiencing violenceKabul 30 November 2014 – Today the Ministry of Public Health, together with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the World Health Organization (WHO), celebrated the International...
WHO and the Government of Japan sign a partnership programme to combat tuberculosis in Afghanistan
WHO Country Representative Dr Rik Peeperkorn called the grant agreement "a major step forward in fighting the burden of tuberculosis in Afghanistan"Kabul 29 November 2014 – In a ceremony held today in Kabul, the Government of Japan and the World Health Organization (WHO) signed a US$ 12 million (700 million AFN) grant agreement for the...
First-ever gender-based violence treatment protocol for the health sector launched in Afghanistan
WHO Country Representative Dr Rik Peeperkorn said that gender-based violence had profound implications for health but was often ignoredKabul, 16 November 2014 – Today the Ministry of Public Health of Afghanistan and the World Health Organization, with the support of UN Women, launched Afghanistan’s first-ever gender-based violence (GBV)...
28 newly-qualified female vaccinators to deliver health services to women and children in their districts
28 women from six provinces from Afghanistan's central region took part in the trainingKabul 13 November 2014 – This week 28 women graduated from a vaccination training programme organized by the Medical Management and Research Courses Afghanistan (MMRC-A) nongovernmental organization with the technical and financial support of WHO. The 3-month training...
National polio immunization campaign inaugurated by Afghanistan’s Vice President
Afghanistan's Vice President launches a national polio campaign together with the Acting Minister of Public Health Dr Suraya Dalil and WHO Representative Dr Rik PeeperkornKabul 30 October – A national immunization day polio vaccination campaign was inaugurated this week in Afghanistan by the country’s Vice President, Mr Mohammad Sarwar Danish,...
