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Health

Bilateral cooperation allows Afghan doctors to get helping hand from Pakistan

2019-01-30

Bilateral cooperation allows Afghan doctors to get helping hand from Pakistan

Current efforts are part of a series of aid and development projects worth $500 million that started in 2007 under the Pakistan Technical Assistance Programme.
7,000 Helmand residents received prosthetic limbs last year

2019-01-04

7,000 Helmand residents received prosthetic limbs last year

The International Committee of the Red Cross is providing life-changing services free of charge to Afghanistan's victims of war, officials and recipients of prosthetic limbs say.
New polio cases recorded in Helmand following Taliban anti-vaccination campaign

2018-11-29

New polio cases recorded in Helmand following Taliban anti-vaccination campaign

Nineteen cases of the disease have been reported in six provinces since the Taliban forced an end to door-to-door polio vaccination campaigns in May.
Taliban's closure of health centres in Zabul has left local residents suffering

2018-10-04

Taliban's closure of health centres in Zabul has left local residents suffering

Taliban militants closed down some 39 health centres across Zabul Province, depriving more than 65,000 residents of critical health services, provincial officials say.
Synchronised efforts along Afghan-Pakistani border raise hopes of polio eradication

2018-08-16

Synchronised efforts along Afghan-Pakistani border raise hopes of polio eradication

Vaccination teams from both countries meet at transit points at the Torkham, Kharlachi, Ghulam Khan and Chaman border crossings and share data about child vaccination and registration.
Taliban endangers children's lives in Uruzgan by obstructing polio vaccinations

2018-08-02

Taliban endangers children's lives in Uruzgan by obstructing polio vaccinations

Religious scholars and local residents are demanding that the Taliban stop blocking children's polio vaccinations.
Afghan patients find relief following Pakistan's decision to soften visa restrictions

2018-08-02

Afghan patients find relief following Pakistan's decision to soften visa restrictions

Easing access for Afghan patients traveling across the border for treatment has allowed them to arrive for appointments on time and receive much needed health care.
Tajik doctors provide valuable medical care to Afghans near border

2017-12-26

Tajik doctors provide valuable medical care to Afghans near border

Tajik doctors treat thousands of Afghan citizens every year on both sides of the border as part of an agreement between the two countries' health ministries.
Kunar government trains nurses, midwives to improve women's health care

2017-11-28

Kunar government trains nurses, midwives to improve women's health care

Over the next two years, 48 midwives and nurses will undergo training to help reduce maternal and child mortality in remote areas.
ISIS, Taliban prevent polio vaccination of 200,000 Afghan children

2017-10-10

ISIS, Taliban prevent polio vaccination of 200,000 Afghan children

Afghanistan is among the few countries in the world that have not been able to completely eliminate the polio disease, due mainly to the lack of security and militants' obstruction.