Ayaz Gul VOA News July 31, 2023 ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan and Pakistan have reported a very small number of polio infections in their region this year, fueling expectations the neighboring countries could be just months away from interrupting the endemic transmission of the crippling virus. Pakistani authorities have reported a three-year-old child with paralytic polio, the
8am: According to health officials of the Taliban, in Logar Province, over the past year, 575 individuals have been diagnosed with tuberculosis, indicating a 20% increase compared to the previous year. Click here to read more (external link). Other Health News WHO Announces 37 Sites Across Afghanistan Testing Sewage for Polio
Ariana: Marking World Tuberculosis Day on Monday in Kabul, the Ministry of Public Health said that up to 12,000 people die from the disease in the country every year. Mohammad Hassan Ghiasi, the deputy minister, said last year, 76,000 cases of tuberculosis were registered in the country, out of which 52,000 people recovered. According to
Ariana: Afghanistan’s broken economy and dysfunctional health care system has left thousands of patients in a vulnerable situation across the country, especially people with tuberculosis (TB). According to Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) there is a critical shortage of advanced medical treatment available for TB patients, coupled with a widespread lack of knowledge about
MSF: Difficulties reaching and affording medical care are not the only barriers to TB treatment faced by people in Afghanistan. Another is the widespread lack of knowledge about the disease. MSF teams carry out regular health promotion activities in local communities in Kandahar to improve people’s understanding of TB. Over 70 per cent of patients
Khaama: Local Taliban health officials in the southern Afghan province of Zabul said that at least 600 people have fallen ill with tuberculosis in the past few months. Dr. Abdul Hakim Hakimi, the Taliban Director of Public Health in Zabul province told the media that the prevalence of tuberculosis has “unfortunately” increased in several villages
Ariana: Health officials in the northern province of Kunduz said Sunday that the infectious disease claimed the lives of eight people last (solar) year while 1,700 others contracted the illness. “We registered 1,713 patients of Tuberculosis in the year 1400 whereas the number was 1,605 in 1399. Poverty and economic difficulties are the big reasons
8am: On the occasion of World Tuberculosis Day, local authorities of Badakhshan in Public Health Department have reported that nearly 1,036 people were infected with tuberculosis in the province last year. It is estimated that about 9 million people in poor countries are being infected with tuberculosis each year and Afghanistan is one of those
Tolo News: More than 37,000 cases of Tuberculosis were registered in Afghanistan last year, said the Ministry of Public Health on Thursday, World Tuberculosis Day. This figure does not however reflect the true picture as the ministry said if one takes into account the number of unregistered cases, as many as 60,000 Afghans could be affected. Tuberculosis, or