Doctors say the lack of awareness and slow reaction in getting treatment is adding to the growing number of malaria.

Residents claim the standard of health services being provided has dropped, and health authorities need to invest in the sector

Oncologists in Herat say they have no chemotherapy facilities and their patients are forced to seek treatment outside the country

The survey has explored access to healthcare across 10 Afghan provinces based on data and testimony from over 1,800 Afghans.

The agency’s nutrition advisor for South Asia says more than 800,000 women and adolescent girls are malnourished

Women report they are not able to get routine checks when pregnant with some saying they have no idea when.

Already weakened by years of deprivation, children across the country are increasingly vulnerable to disease and illness

A Zarang hospital source said the number of malnutrition cases, mostly of children, has more than doubled in the province.

In its latest report, the organization says foreign entities cannot remain as de facto substitutes for the public health sector

Male vaccinators say their female colleagues provided a critical service in the past especially as they could reach children in.