12 April 2019 – We are deeply concerned that the temporary ban will negatively impact delivery of health services to affected populations. Unhindered access to all areas is necessary to provide health services to those in need. WHO has been supporting health activities in all parts of Afghanistan, including primary health care, response to health...

Kabul, 1 April, 2019 – The first round of polio national immunization days began on 1 April 2019 in Afghanistan. The 5-day campaign will target over 9.3 million children under-5 years of age in all of Afghanistan’s provinces, except Bamiyan, Daikundi and Ghor provinces due to bad weather....

اظهارات سازمان صحی جهان در رابطه به ممنوعیت موقت فعالیت های این اداره در افغانستان ۲۳ حمل ۱۳۹۸ (۱۲ اپریل ۲۰۱۹) - ما بسیار زیاد نگران هستیم که ممنوعیت موقت فعالیتهای سازمان صحی جهان سبب تاثیرات منفی روی عرضه خدمات صحی به مردم اسیب پذیر در افغانستان خواهد شد. دسترسی بدون ممنوعیت به تمام مناطق کشور جهت ارایه خدمات صحی به افراد نیازمند ضروری میباشد. سازمان صحی جهان در تمام نقاط افغانستان از...

د نړیوالی روغتیا اداری په فعالیتونو باندی د موقت بندیز په اړه د دغه اداری څرګندونی د ۱۳۹۸ کال د وری میاشتی ۲۳مه (د ۲۰۱۹ کال د اپریل د میاشتی ۱۲مه) - موږ ډیر زیات اندیښمن یو چې د نړیوالی روغتیا اداری په فعالیتونو باندی موقت بندیز به د افغانستان اړو وګړو ته د روغتیایی خدمتونو په رسونه ناوړه اغیره وکړی. ټولو اړو وګړو ته د روغتیا یی اسانتیاو د برابرولو لپاره اړینه ده چی بی له کوم خنډه د هیواد ټولو سیمو ته...

On the World Cancer Day Commemoration, Aryana Saeed, the famous Afghan pop singer and women’s rights activist was nominated as the cancer goodwill ambassador for Afghanistan by the Afghan Ministry of Public...

5 January 2019, Kabul – World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus met with His Excellency Dr Ferozuddin Feroz at the Ministry of Public Health on the first day of his two-day visit to Afghanistan and commended the progress made in public health services in a challenging context.

Kabul, 11 December 2018 – Orange is the colour for a world with zero tolerance for violence against women and girls. On 10 December 2018, the United Nations (UN) in Afghanistan, after marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on 25 November, lit the Queen’s Palace in Babur Garden in orange from 17:00 to 20:00 to...

5 December 2018 – Afghanistan has substantial hepatitis prevalence, particularly among injecting drug users, men and women with high risk behaviours, and refugees migrating from the neighbouring countries of Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistan. From 2011 to June 2018, a total of 1 291 080 hepatitis C virus (HCV) tests were carried out and 18...

Kabul, 28 November 2018 – Another new polio case has been reported from Shaheed-e-Hassas district of Urozgan province, a 3-year-old boy who is now permanently paralyzed by the poliovirus. This is the second case from the same district, making the total number of polio cases in Afghanistan 20 this year so far. Fourteen cases have been reported in the south of...

Kabul, 5November 2018 – Today, polio vaccination teams will visit 5.3 million children under the age of five in 18 high-risk provinces, mainly in South and East provinces. This follows several new cases in both regions. Most recently three polio positive cases have been reported from southern and eastern regions of Afghanistan and the total...