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5.5 million children set to get polio shots across Afghanistan in latest campaign

UNICEF officials have launched this year’s polio campaign and will vaccinate millions of children across all four zones in the.

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Tajik doctors in Badakhshan’s border districts pack up and return home

Doctors from Tajikistan provided much-needed medical services to residents in this remote province following an agreement signed in 2010

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Respiratory diseases spike as Kabul’s air quality drops

Poverty-stricken residents in Afghanistan’s capital city are having to burn coal, wood and other cheap fuel, including tires, to keep.

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Alarm bells ring over shortage of female doctors at Ghor hospital

Staff at the provincial hospital say women are not getting proper treatment as there are only two female doctors at.

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Laghman residents call for improved basic services

Alishang and Qarghaee residents say the lack of health services and no clean drinking water is a serious problem that.

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Afghanistan makes ‘remarkable progress’ in eradicating polio: WHO

World Health Organization says from 56 children paralyzed by the virus in 2020, this year – to date – there.

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Afghanistan begins polio vaccination in 22 provinces

Under the campaign, at least six million children under the age of five will be vaccinated against the polio virus.

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Cholera cases back on the rise in Zabul: Doctors

At least 12,800 people have been infected with cholera in the province since March and 12 of them have lost.

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Malnutrition among children to surpass 40%, doctors say

Figures show that at least 200,000 children and women were treated for malnutrition in the country between July and August.

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Malnutrition on the rise among children in Bamiyan: Doctors

Doctors said the number of children who face different forms of malnutrition has been on the rise in the central.

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