Ayaz Gul VOA News December 23, 2023 ISLAMABAD — Only 12 children around the world have been paralyzed by wild poliovirus so far this year, all of them in Pakistan and Afghanistan — with six reported in each. They are the last two countries in which the highly infectious disease still exists. Moreover, the World Health
Ariana: The National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) says over the past month, the air quality in Kabul city has deteriorated and become more polluted. NEPA officials said that the lack of electricity, extensive use of unrefined coal and burning of plastic are major factors of air pollution in the capital. Kabul is one of the
Khaama: Women and girls in Afghanistan describe their lives under the rule of the Taliban administration as ‘a gradual death.’ According to human rights defenders, the current situation in Afghanistan is not desirable for any human being, and they ask the Taliban to modify its policies towards women. Still, after more than two years, no
Akmal Dawi VOA News December 12, 2023 Since the Taliban’s seizure of power in Afghanistan in 2021, the nation’s public health sector has been on life support, with foreign aid agencies stepping in to pay health workers and sustain hospitals and local health centers. The country’s donor-dependent economy has teetered on the brink of collapse
Ariana: The World Health Organization (WHO) has said in a report that since the beginning of this year, 2,513 deaths due to acute respiratory diseases have been recorded in Afghanistan. According to the WHO report, 82.2% of these figures are children. Click here to read more (external link).
Khaama: According to statistics provided by the Ministry of Public Health of Afghanistan, currently, approximately 12,000 people in the country are afflicted with the “HIV” disease. On Monday, the Ministry stated during a session in observance of World AIDS Day that, based on World Health Organization statistics, 1.0 per cent of the population in Afghanistan
Ariana: The Ministry of Public Health said on Monday that in cooperation with its international partners, a polio vaccination campaign is underway in 21 provinces in Afghanistan. According to the Ministry of Health, 7.8 million children under the age of five will be vaccinated against the polio virus during the four-day campaign – which runs
Tolo News: “The number of infected people that we have is almost 1.3 million, but unfortunately the number of deaths is more than the past year,” said Sharafat Zaman Amarkhil, the spokesman for the Ministry of Public Health. Cold weather, food insecurity, air pollution and poverty are considered to be the factors that cause people
Ayaz Gul VOA News November 5, 2023 ISLAMABAD — The United Nations said Sunday the Taliban’s ban on drugs in Afghanistan has resulted in a 95% drop in Afghan cultivation of opium poppies, used to make morphine and heroin. The U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime documented the “near-total-contraction” of the Afghan opiate economy in its
8am: Sources from Ghazni province informed Hasht-e Subh Daily on Sunday, November 5th, that healthcare facilities in the province are no longer allowed to admit male and female patients in the same building under the orders of the Taliban’s Department for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. According to the directive, male and