Tolo News: Faryab ladies this week welcomed the opening of their first ever fitness center in the provincial capital, Maimana. The gym is a privately-owned business and has the capacity to allow 30 women to exercise at any given time. Click here to read more (external link).
Washington Post: One recent morning, three figures in white lab coats descended cautiously into a pitch-black netherworld beneath a crumbling bridge in the Afghan capital. They picked their way through garbage and sprawled limbs, passing hundreds of huddled men whose gaunt, wary faces were briefly illuminated by the flare of matches and drug pipes. The doctors
WHO: Most of Afghanistan is polio-free but wild poliovirus is still circulating in parts of the country, particularly in the Eastern, Southern and South-Eastern regions. The transmission in the East illustrates the importance of common reservoir transmission between Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA and the area bordering Afghanistan. In 2016, 12 wild poliovirus cases were confirmed:
IWPR: Breast cancer is the second most common cause of death for women in Afghanistan after maternal mortality. But there is little public awareness around the issue, including encouraging women to be vigilant for signs which include breast lumps, swelling, changes in colour or texture and a nipple that is inverted or bleeding. There are
KABUL, March 28 (Xinhua) — Afghanistan’s massive anti-polio campaign reportedly hit snags in areas were anti-government militants including Taliban and Islamic State (IS) groups are active, as campaign centers were attacked by militants over the weekend. Unknown armed men set on fire an anti-polio center in Chardehi area of Batikot district in the eastern Nangarhar
Lisa Schlein VOA News March 21, 2017 GENEVA — The United Nations reports humanitarian conditions in Afghanistan are deteriorating, with children at great risk of dying at an early age from lack of health care and proper nutrition. The United Nations reports 9.3 million people in Afghanistan will need humanitarian assistance this year. The world body
Tolo News: A number of drug addicts hospitalized in the Phoenix drug rehabilitation center in Kabul have escaped over what they said was an uncertain future and because of their treatment at the institution. Sediqa is the mother of four children who is spending devastating life under the Pul-e-Sukhta bridge in the nation’s capital Kabul, has
The Express Tribune: Unhappy with the work conditions, Homa Amiri Kakar left her job as a gynaecologist in a remote part of Afghanistan, only to return back because something that was upsetting her. “I am deeply unhappy that I left behind patients, especially women in remote villages – they are not in a situation where they
Tolo News: A women’s fitness club was opened in Kabul’s Khairkhana region on Sunday. This is the second fitness club for women managed by women. “We ask both women and men to care about their health, weight and beauty. Both need exercises in order to have good health,” said Shabnam Nazari, manager of the club. Click
Tolo News: Officials from the only Cancer Treatment Center in the country said at an event to mark World Cancer Day on Saturday that at least 6,000 patients have visited the center in the past year. According to the center, 55 percent of their patients are men while 45 percent of their patients are women. Click