Afghanistan's First Lady Rula Ghani delivered a speech during the World Cancer Day event held in KabulKabul 4 February 2015 - World Cancer Day was observed today in Afghanistan at an event which brought together key health sector stakeholders and senior government officials to highlight the need for stronger measures in the fight against cancer....

Community midwife from Bamyan province listens to a baby's heartbeat. Photo: Rada Akbar/UNFPA Afghanistan 2014Kabul 10 December 2014 – A four-fold increase in investment in midwifery is necessary in the next 15 years to meet 60% of the needs for maternal and reproductive health services according to the State of Afghanistan’s midwifery 2014 report...

Deputy Minister of Public Health Dr Najia Tariq emphasized that the health sector must provide survivor-centered care to women and girls experiencing violenceKabul 30 November 2014 – Today the Ministry of Public Health, together with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the World Health Organization (WHO), celebrated the International...

WHO Country Representative Dr Rik Peeperkorn called the grant agreement "a major step forward in fighting the burden of tuberculosis in Afghanistan"Kabul 29 November 2014 – In a ceremony held today in Kabul, the Government of Japan and the World Health Organization (WHO) signed a US$ 12 million (700 million AFN) grant agreement for the...

WHO Country Representative Dr Rik Peeperkorn said that gender-based violence had profound implications for health but was often ignoredKabul, 16 November 2014 – Today the Ministry of Public Health of Afghanistan and the World Health Organization, with the support of UN Women, launched Afghanistan’s first-ever gender-based violence (GBV)...

28 women from six provinces from Afghanistan's central region took part in the trainingKabul 13 November 2014 – This week 28 women graduated from a vaccination training programme organized by the Medical Management and Research Courses Afghanistan (MMRC-A) nongovernmental organization with the technical and financial support of WHO. The 3-month...

Afghanistan's Vice President launches a national polio campaign together with the Acting Minister of Public Health Dr Suraya Dalil and WHO Representative Dr Rik PeeperkornKabul 30 October – A national immunization day polio vaccination campaign was inaugurated this week in Afghanistan by the country’s Vice President, Mr Mohammad Sarwar Danish,...

Ms Hajar from the Afghanistan Youth Network discusses plans for Afghanistan's first national suicide prevention strategy with other panelists from NGOs, the Afghan government and UN.  Download WHO's first global report on suicide prevention "Preventing suicide: a global imperative"  Kabul 10 September 2014 – World Suicide Prevention Day was...

Child receiving an oral polio vaccineKABUL 3 September 2014 – WHO, together with the Ministry of Public Health and UNICEF, has successfully completed a nationwide polio immunization campaign in all districts of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces. The national immunizations days (NIDs) campaign was carried out during three days between 17 and 19 August. A...

Kabul 28 July 2014 – Today the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners observe World Hepatitis Day to increase awareness and understanding of viral hepatitis, its modes of transmission and the diseases that it causes. Viral hepatitis – a group of infectious diseases known as hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E – affects millions of people worldwide, causing...