Archive for the ‘Health News’ Category

One million saplings and trees to be planted in Herat

In Afghanistan’s western province of Herat, a program is kicking off where one million saplings and trees will be planted, according to a United Nations’ report yesterday. The report said that, “Afghan officials are focused on efficient planting to make sure the plants do not dry out”. “Places that have permanent access to water coming […]

February 5, 2011 · admin · No Comments
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New school building in Baghlan, new clinic in Kabul, and a new bridge in Oruzgan

Today, an official from Afghanistan’s Ministry of Education said that a new school building for the Darah Kag Middle School in the Dushi district of Afghanistan’s province of Baghlan was inaugurated. The new building has 8 classrooms and 2 administrative rooms.  A water well was also put in.  According to the education ministry, the cost […]

January 17, 2011 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Education, Health News, Reconstruction and Development

Major drop in polio cases; New health center building inaugurated in Helmand

Yesterday, officials from Afghanistan’s Ministry of Health announced that the number of people infected with polio has reduced 37% since 2009. While polio is not an issue in the West, the disease disables and kills many people in developing countries like Afghanistan. Acting Health Minister, Dr. Suraya Dalil said the reduction is due to successful […]

January 10, 2011 · admin · One Comment
Posted in: Health News, Reconstruction and Development

Water Projects Completed In Panjshir and Faryab Provinces

A project in which a reservoir and a network of pipes more than 3,200 feet long were completed recently in Panjshir province’s Dah-e Manjur village, according to a NATO News Release today. As a result, 60 families will now have access to clean drinking water. Much of the project was completed by the villagers themselves. […]

December 20, 2010 · admin · No Comments
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New hospital to be built in Kabul and Health Ministry to get $43 million to improve public health services

Pajhwok Afghan News (PAN) reported today that Afghanistan’s Foreign Ministry has said that the government of Japan has pledged to build a new hospital in Kabul. According to the report, the 80-bed, single-story building will be constructed in the Darul-Aman neighborhood at a cost of $31, 307,646. “The hospital will have all necessary equipment and […]

December 15, 2010 · admin · No Comments
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Improvements Being Made To Balkh Public Hospital

The Balkh Public Hospital in the city of Mazar-e Sharif in Afghanistan’s northern province of Balkh is currently under reconstruction, according to a NATO news release issued today. The reconstruction project will increase the capability of the hospital for expanded treatment as well as routine checkups. The hospital treats hundreds of patients every day, and […]

November 28, 2010 · admin · No Comments
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Two Nangarhar clinics receive upgrades

The Afghan government recently completed refurbishment projects on two clinics in the Darah-ey Noor district in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar, a NATO news release said today. The cost of the construction work was $66,000 and it took more than a year and a half to complete. The project added a waiting room, a food […]

November 24, 2010 · admin · No Comments
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3000 Ghazni residents get new water supply network

Earlier in the week, the second phase of a major development project concluded where a water supply network was expanded in the southern part of Ghazni city. The work was managed by the Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT). According to a NATO news release today, “almost 8 kilometers of pipeline and necessary fittings were installed, […]

November 11, 2010 · admin · No Comments
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Agreement signed to get more Afghans access to clean water and sanitation

Yesterday, the Afghan government signed an agreement with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) in which $52 million will be spent on getting Afghans in poor communities throughout the country access to clean water and sanitation. The agreement, Memorandum of Understanding on the Crucial Clean Water Pact, was signed by U.S. Embassy Deputy Ambassador […]

October 31, 2010 · admin · No Comments
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23 more midwives graduate in Badakhshan

In an effort to reduce the maternal mortality rate (the death of a woman during or shortly after a pregnancy) in Afghanistan, the country’s health ministry is pushing for more training for Afghanistan’s midwives. Earlier this week, in Afghanistan’s northern province of Badakhshan, 23 trained midwives graduated from the Badakhshan Community Midwifery Education School, according […]

October 13, 2010 · admin · One Comment
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New clinic buildings inaugurated; maternal mortality rates drop; health ministry to receive $4.35 million

Three new single-story health clinic buildings were inaugurated today in Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital of Afghanistan’s northern province of Balkh. The new buildings are located in the Kart-e-Noor Khuda, Kart-e-Shad, and Ali Chopan areas of the city. The cost of the construction project which was $450,000 was provided by the Indian government.  India’s ambassador to Afghanistan, […]

September 26, 2010 · admin · No Comments
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New hospital to open in Khost; development projects announced in Farah and Kandahar

This fall, Khost City will have a new 100-bed hospital, according to a NATO news release. Work is nearly complete on the hospital, which will have an emergency room, male, female and children’s wards, mid-wife and maternity wards, x-ray and oncology departments, laboratories,  inpatient and outpatient care facilities, as well as office space for medial […]

September 20, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Education, Health News, Job Creation, Reconstruction and Development