1TV: Afghanistan’s health minister warned on Thursday that the arrival of 50,000 people from neighboring Iran over the past one week has put the country at a very high risk from the deadly coronavirus. Speaking at a press conference in Kabul, Minister Ferozuddin Feroz said that they cannot prevent the arrival of Afghans, but there
Tolo News: The public health minister Ferozuddin Feroz on Tuesday said seven more suspected cases of coronavirus were reported in the western province of Herat which shares borders with Iran. On Monday, the minister during a press conference in Kabul confirmed the first coronavirus case in the province. This is the first reported case in
Ayaz Gul VOA News February 24, 2020 The turmoil-hit country lacks quarantine facilities and protocols, trained health care personnel and medical supplies ISLAMABAD – Officials in Afghanistan said Monday a patient who recently visited neighboring Iran has tested positive for the coronavirus and is in isolation in a hospital in the western border province of
Ariana: On February 4th, 2020, the first special care center to fight coronavirus was established in Afghan-Japan Communicable Disease Hospital in Kabul. Public Health Minister Ferozuddin Feroz says that the center offers 100 beds, and is dedicated to diagnose and cure coronavirus patients. The minister adds that if need be, they will establish such centers,
1TV: In worst case scenario, around 3,000 people will get infected with coronavirus within six months if it spreads to Afghanistan, the country’s health minister said on Sunday. A total of 262 people, 233 of them Afghans, arrived in Afghanistan from China over the past one week and they were under surveillance in their homes,
1TV: Afghanistan’s public health minister Ferozuddin Feroz has been singled out as the best minister in the world by a high-powered international conference. The World Government Summit is due to present Feroz with the award on the first day of the three-day annual gathering in Dubai, which will kick off on 10th February. Click here to
Ariana: Thirty percent of Afghan girls cannot afford to continue pursuing education due to early marriages and menstruation period, the Minister of Public Health said Tuesday. “Menstruation period causes 30 percent of girls to leave attending schools, 12 percent of the girls don’t have access to health care services, and seven percent of the girls are
Ariana: The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) confirms that the Taliban and their families get benefit of the government’s healthcare services in some provinces.The Minister of Public Heath Feruzuddin Feruz on Friday said that they are providing healthcare services with no differentiation. “The Taliban are against the government, not their families, that is why health
Tolo News: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Ministry of Public Health and BRS Ventures, a UAE-based company, has been signed in the presence of President Ashraf Ghani over the semi-privatization of two Kabul hospitals – Wazir Akbar Khan Hospital and Sheikh Zayed Hospital. A number of doctors at Wazir Akbar Khan Hospital were not however
Ayaz Gul VOA News July 2, 2018 ISLAMABAD — A new round of a polio immunization campaign went into action Monday in Afghanistan amid concerns insurgent bans could possibly deprive hundreds of thousands of children from receiving the vaccine. During the five-day campaign, officials say, about 52,000 Afghan vaccinators will visit 6.4 million children under the