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MoPH: Nearly 3,500 Covid-19 Cases Reported in April

28th April, 2023 · admin

Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health said that in April there have been almost 3,500 cases of Covid-19 reported in the country. According to the ministry, the process of vaccination against Covid-19 will start in several provinces of the country in the next few days. “In last month we also had a campaign of

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Posted in Health News | Tags: Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Afghanistan |
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Family Cannot Afford Medical Solution for Teenager With Gender Issues

27th April, 2023 · admin

Tolo News: After an examination, a sixteen-year-old compelled to publicly identify as a girl in Nangarhar’s Chaparhar district would like to proceed as a boy in the future, but the family said that they cannot afford the cost of the treatment. Doctors said that an operation will cost 600,000 Afghani. Obaid Rahman Stanikzai, a doctor,

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Posted in Health News | Tags: LGBTQ in Afghanistan, Nangarhar, Transgender |
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World Malaria Day: Over 125,000 Cases of Malaria Recorded in Afghanistan in 2022

25th April, 2023 · admin

8am: On Tuesday, April 25, the WHO tweeted that positive cases of malaria have increased by 45% compared to 2021. The organization stated that approximately 90% of the cases were reported in the eastern provinces of Nangarhar, Laghman, Kunar, and Nuristan. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Health News | Tags: Malaria in Afghanistan, Taliban government failure |
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Third Suicide in 48 Hours: Young Man Ends His Life by Gunshot in Balkh

21st April, 2023 · admin

8am: According to local sources in Balkh province, a young man in the Dawlat Abad district of the province ended his life with a gunshot to his head. The incident took place on Thursday, April 20, in Dahr-Abad village of Dowlat Abad district. The incidence of suicide, mostly attributed to mental health issues, has increased

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Posted in Health News, Taliban | Tags: Balkh, Ghor, Life under Taliban rule, Mental Health, Nangarhar, Suicide |
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Covid-19 Cases Rise in Kabul: Afghan-Japan Hospital

16th April, 2023 · admin

Tolo News: Out of 213 samples, at least 70 tested positive for Covid-19 one last week, an official at the Afghan-Japan hospital said. The doctors said the negligence of the public toward the virus is the main reason for the increase of Covid-19. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Health News | Tags: Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Afghanistan |
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Young Man’s Suicide Adds to Rising Suicide Rates in Bamyan Province

13th April, 2023 · admin

8am: According to local sources, the young man, who was known to be a hardworking employee of a private company in Bamyan city, hanged himself on Thursday, 13 April, in the village of Siyah-Khak, in the Fuladi valley of Bamyan center. In recent months, the suicide rate among young people in several provinces of the

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Posted in Health News, Taliban | Tags: Bamiyan, Life under Taliban rule, Mental Health, Suicide |
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Measles Outbreak in Zabul Claims Two Children Lives and Infects 17 Others

11th April, 2023 · admin

8am: According to the Directorate of Public Health of Taliban in Zabul province, an outbreak of measles in this province has resulted in the death of two children and the infection of 17 others. It is worth noting that several days ago, another 10 children in Zabul died due to the measles disease. This comes

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Posted in Afghan Children, Health News | Tags: Measles, Zabul |
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Addiction Patients Treated with Sleeping Pills in Ghazni Province: Sources

6th April, 2023 · admin

8am: According to sources, a group of 25 individuals was discharged from the addiction treatment center in Ghazni province after completing a 45-day treatment period. However, due to the lack of facilities, they were only given sleeping pills during their treatment. It should be noted that in the past, several addicts have been treated at

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Posted in Drugs, Health News | Tags: Drug Addiction, Ghazni, Taliban and Drugs, Taliban government failure |
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Afghanistan: Rounded up from the streets into Taliban drug rehab

3rd April, 2023 · admin

BBC News: When the Taliban were in power in the 1990s, they all but stamped out poppy cultivation. But the drugs trade became a major source of income for them throughout their 20-year insurgency. Now the Taliban say they have ordered an end to the poppy trade and are trying to enforce this policy. But

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Posted in Economic News, Health News, Taliban | Tags: Drug Addiction, Taliban and Drugs |
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45% of ARI cases in Afghanistan involve children under 5: WHO

1st April, 2023 · admin

Ariana: The World Health Organization (WHO) said in a report released Thursday that 45.1 percent of cases of acute respiratory infections in Afghanistan involve children. Since October 2022, of the total 4,353,661 ARI cases reported, representing 13.3 percent of the total population of Afghanistan, 45.1 percent have afflicted children under five years of age, the

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Posted in Afghan Children, Health News |
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