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National workshop on comprehensive assessment of civil registration and vital statistics
The health information system is the backbone of the health system. It includes a range of population-based and health facility-based data sources.Kabul, 15 September 2013 – The Ministry of Public Health, the Central Statistics Organization (CSO), and the Civil Registration Directorate of the Ministry of Interior, with technical and financial...
Stigma – a major barrier to suicide prevention in Afghanistan
Lack of access to appropriate care is one of the many factors that magnify the stigma associated with mental illness and with suicidal ideation and behaviour.Kabul, 11 September – World Suicide Prevention Day 2013 was celebrated in Afghanistan this year under the slogan of “Stigma – a major barrier to suicide prevention”. Suicide is a growing...
The Government of Afghanistan demonstrates strong commitment to polio eradication efforts
Dr Rik Peeperkorn, WHO Representative for Afghanistan, administers an oral polio vaccine to a child during the inauguration of the first round of national immunization days, in the presence of Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan, his two Vice Presidents, H.E. the Minister of Health of Afghanistan and other health officialsOn 25August 2013 in...
WHO supports Ministry's response to flash floods in Afghanistan
In his first week in office, Dr Rik Peeperkorn, WHO Representative for Afghanistan, is interviewed by local media on WHO's response to the floods and its support to the Government of AfghanistanOn 3 August, heavy rains resulted in flash floods and high levels of water in 17 villages in the Surobi district of Kabul province, which affected 519...
Afghanistan conducts advocacy campaign for the Safe Motherhood Initiative
Dr Adela Mubasher from WHO Afghanistan, pictured here during an advocacy campaign event, received an award in recognition of her continuing technical support to reproductive health in Afghanistan Kabul, 12 June 2013 – The Ministry of Public Health of Afghanistan has been running an advocacy and communication campaign on the Safe Motherhood...
Afghanistan marks World Blood Donor Day 2013
H.E. Dr Suraya Dalil, Minister of Public Health of Afghanistan, donates blood on the occasion of World Blood Donor Day 2013. 17 June 2013, Kabul - World Blood Donor Day was celebrated in Afghanistan on 15 June 2013 under the slogan of Give the gift of life: donate blood. The Day is celebrated globally to thank individual voluntary unpaid blood...
Oral health campaign in schools of Kabul
The WHO Global Oral Health Programme aligns its work with the strategy of chronic disease prevention and health promotion. Emphasis is put on developing global policies in oral health promotion and oral disease prevention.WHO has provided technical and financial support to the Ministry of Public Health and the Ministry of Education in conducting a...
Afghanistan celebrates Hand Hygiene Day 2013
For every 100 hospitalized patients, at least 7 in developed and 10 in developing countries will acquire a health care-associated infection. Among critically-ill and vulnerable patients in intensive care units, that figure rises to around 30 per 100.Kabul, 29 May 2013 – The Ministry of Public Health of Afghanistan, with the financial and...
World Malaria Day 2013 celebrated in Afghanistan
WHO is committed to supporting Afghanistan’s national malaria and leishmaniasis control programme by moving from the implementation of single interventions to a more systematic and country-based approach in programme activities.Kabul, April 30, 2013 – The Ministry of Public Health of Afghanistan celebrated World Malaria Day 2013 in Kabul on 30...
Vaccination Week celebrated in Afghanistan
Vaccines are very safe. While better hygiene, hand washing and clean water help protect people from infectious diseases, many infections can spread regardless of how clean we are.Kabul, 21 April 2013 – Afghanistan, as part of the global community, celebrated the fourth Vaccination Week in Afghanistan on 21 April 2013, under the theme of “Stop...
