Tolo News: The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported a decrease in the number of diarrhea cases in Afghanistan in its weekly report. According to this report, in the past week (from September 29 to October 5), 3,228 people in 179 districts of Afghanistan contracted diarrhea, showing an 11.7 percent decrease compared to previous weeks.
Tolo News: Basiroddin Maroof, chief physician at Bamyan Provincial Hospital, said: “This summer, we had 5,432 diarrhea patients, most of whom came from the center, districts of Bamyan, and neighboring provinces.” Excessive heat, lack of hygiene, transmission of viruses, and poverty are said to be the main causes of the diarrhea outbreak. Click here to
Tolo News: In the past month, the number of severe diarrhea patients in the country has reached eight thousand. According to the Ministry of Public Health, this statistic indicates a slight increase in the number of diarrhea cases in the country. Sharafat Zaman Amarkhil, spokesperson for the Ministry of Public Health, said: “Approximately eight thousand
Ariana: Officials at the Pediatric Ward of Abu Ali Sina Balkhi Regional Hospital in Mazar-e-Sharif city report an increase in seasonal diseases such as diarrhea among children, saying that this disease has claimed the lives of six children over the past two months. Click here to read more (external link). Related Congo fever claims another
8am: The Taliban’s public health department in Kunar province has reported that 2,200 people have been infected with diarrhea over the past two weeks in different parts of this province. Simultaneously, the residents have criticized the Taliban health authorities in this province and said that they do not take timely measures to resolve the health
Tolo News: Physicians at Kabul’s Antani Hospital said that as the weather is getting warmer the number of patients infected with severe diarrhea has surged in several provinces of the country. According to them, more than 100 patients come to the hospital every day, and they added that lack of access to clean water and
UN News Centre: Although the number of children under five years dying from diarrhoea each year in Afghanistan has dropped below 10,000 for the first time, the disease still claims the lives of 9,500 children, or 26 each day, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said Thursday. Diarrhoea-related deaths account for around 12 per cent of