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Afghans with TB ‘struggling’ to get accessible treatment: MSF

11th December, 2022 · admin

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

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Posted in Health News | Tags: Tuberculosis |
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People with tuberculosis face multiple barriers accessing treatment in Afghanistan

8th December, 2022 · admin

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

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Posted in Afghan Children, Afghan Women, Health News | Tags: Kandahar, Life under Taliban rule, Tuberculosis |
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Hundreds of People in Southern Afghanistan Contract Tuberculosis

22nd September, 2022 · admin

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

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Posted in Health News | Tags: Taliban government failure, Tuberculosis, Zabul |
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Kunduz experiences spike in TB cases

8th May, 2022 · admin

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

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Posted in Economic News, Health News | Tags: Kunduz, Tuberculosis |
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Tuberculosis in Badakhshan: More than 1,000 People Infected with TB Since Last Year

27th March, 2022 · admin

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

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Posted in Health News | Tags: Badakhshan, Tuberculosis |
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37,000 Cases Of TB Recorded In 2015: Officials

25th March, 2016 · admin

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

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Posted in Health News | Tags: Tuberculosis |

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