Afghanistan: UNICEF concerned over increase in malnourished women and girls
The agency’s nutrition advisor for South Asia says more than 800,000 women and adolescent girls are malnourished
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.
UNICEF officials have launched this year’s polio campaign and will vaccinate millions of children across all four zones in the.
Doctors from Tajikistan provided much-needed medical services to residents in this remote province following an agreement signed in 2010
Poverty-stricken residents in Afghanistan’s capital city are having to burn coal, wood and other cheap fuel, including tires, to keep.
Staff at the provincial hospital say women are not getting proper treatment as there are only two female doctors at.