Ariana: “The activity of 33 hospitals in Afghanistan is on the verge of being stopped due to lack of funds, the transition strategy of the health system for Afghanistan is in the final stages and will cost nearly $2.4 million and if the lack of funding for Afghanistan is not addressed, 875,000 children will be
Ayaz Gul VOA News July 31, 2023 ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan and Pakistan have reported a very small number of polio infections in their region this year, fueling expectations the neighboring countries could be just months away from interrupting the endemic transmission of the crippling virus. Pakistani authorities have reported a three-year-old child with paralytic polio, the
Ariana: The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) says a polio vaccination case response campaign will be implemented in the eastern region of Afghanistan, which includes Nangarhar, Laghman, Kunar and Nuristan provinces, and the plan is to inoculate 1.2 million children. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: In continuation of the registration of positive polio cases in the country, the fifth instance of this disease has now been recorded in Nangarhar. Despite the earlier optimism expressed by various active health organizations about the opportunities for polio eradication in Afghanistan this year, the registration of new cases of this disease has raised
8am: According to health officials of the Taliban, in Logar Province, over the past year, 575 individuals have been diagnosed with tuberculosis, indicating a 20% increase compared to the previous year. Click here to read more (external link). Other Health News WHO Announces 37 Sites Across Afghanistan Testing Sewage for Polio
8am: The Taliban have turned Southeast Afghanistan and tribal areas of Pakistan into a polio-infected zone, providing refuge for the demon of poliovirus. This demon once declared defeated by the world, is regaining strength in these regions. In the previous year, there were two documented polio cases globally, both originating in Taliban-infiltrated areas: one in
Khaama: Two people, including a doctor, have died due to the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) virus within the past two weeks in Jawzjan province of Afghanistan. The provincial director for public health in Jawzjan province, Zabiullah Jussaini, said that the CCHF virus claimed the lives of two people, including a doctor, on Tuesday, Xinhua reported.
Khaama: Afghanistan reported the third case of the poliovirus of 2023 as the health authorities detected it in Nangarhar province. A new polio case from the Nazyan district of Nangarhar province has also been reported, affecting a 30-month-old male child. With this, there have been three confirmed polio cases in the nation so far this
Khaama: Afghanistan’s Ministry of Public Health announced that the “polio vaccination campaign” will start in 23 provinces of the country on Monday, May 15. It is planned that some six million children below the age of five will receive polio vaccination through this major campaign, according to the state-run Bakhtar news agency. Afghanistan and Pakistan
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi May 13, 2023 Afghanistan on May 13 reported its first polio case this year after a 4-year-old child was diagnosed with the crippling disease. Kamal Shah, the head of the communications department of the UNICEF Polio Eradication Program in Afghanistan, told RFE/RL the case was recorded in the Bati-Kot district of the