Archive for the ‘Health News’ Category

Health center to be built in Herat; Farah hospital to get stable source of power

Afghanistan’s Ministry of Public Health has announced that a new health center will be built in the Injil district of Afghanistan’s western province of Herat. A groundbreaking ceremony for the center was held last Sunday. The structure will be built by the the Italian Provincial Reconstruction Team.  Dr. Suraya Dalil, Afghanistan’s Acting Minister of Public […]

September 8, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Health News, Job Creation, Reconstruction and Development

Maternity Hospital Inaugurated In Paktia Province

A new maternity hospital, “Gawhar Taj Bayat”, was officially inaugurated recently by the Bayat Foundation in Gardez, the capital of Afghanistan’s eastern province of Paktia.  Paktia’s governor, Juma Khan Hamdard, some members of the Afghan parliament and local officials attended the ceremony. According to a press release issued by the Bayat Foundation, the new hospital […]

August 6, 2010 · admin · One Comment
Posted in: Health News, Reconstruction and Development, Women's Rights

Largest-ever delivery of medicines and health supplies to Afghanistan

Yesterday, UNAMA (United Nations Assistance Mission In Afghanistan) reported that the World Health Organization (WHO) is “conducting the largest-ever delivery of medicines and health supplies to Afghanistan, sending 430 tonnes of life-saving materials – enough for 1 million people – to health providers throughout the country.”  The health supplies will be given to Afghanistan’s Ministry […]

August 4, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Health News

Kabul Medical University now has a faculty of public health and 5 new schools constructed in Samangan

Recently, Kabul Medical University inaugurated a new Faculty of Public Health for students of preventive medicine. The dean of the university told the media that the new faculty will provide a four year course and around 100 students are expected to be enrolled next year.  The science of Public Health involves protecting and improving the […]

July 9, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Education, Health News, Reconstruction and Development

Two new hospitals under construction in Paktya province

Two hospitals with a total bed capacity of 120 are being built in the eastern province of Paktya where health care is gaining ground. Already home to three hospitals with a total bed capacity of 110, Paktya is about to more than double its hospital bed capacity with the ongoing construction of the two hospitals. […]

June 23, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Health News, Reconstruction and Development

Video: Afghan Doctors Complete Training Course

A group of Afghan doctors have a completed an internal medicine training course at Bagram Airfield. More than 200 medical professionals have graduated from the program over the last three years.

May 27, 2010 · admin · One Comment
Posted in: Health News

Medical facilities re-open in Herat

A ceremony was held in Afghanistan’s western province of Herat yesterday to officially re-open and celebrate the completion of refurbishment activities on two medical facilities – a pediatric and a regional hospital. Structural repairs were done on the regional hospital, and new medical equipment were installed in the first aid, radiology, laboratory analysis, and operating […]

May 6, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Health News, Reconstruction and Development

New Mental Health Center Inaugurated

Last week, Afghanistan’s Acting Minister of Public Health, Dr. Suraya Dalil, inaugurated a much needed Mental Health Center in Afghanistan’s western province of Herat. Officials from the Ministry of Public Health, as well as local officials were present in the opening ceremony. Funding for the two story building was provided by the Japanese government with […]

April 26, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Health News, Reconstruction and Development

Hospital improvements completed in Bamiyan and Laghman provinces

Habiba Sorabi, the governor of Bamiyan province in central Afghanistan, inaugurated a brand new surgery ward at the the Yakawlang District Hospital today. The surgery ward which includes a waiting room, will benefit thousands of people in the province. The project was funded by the U.S. government. Also, late last week, in Mihtarlam, the capital […]

April 18, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Health News, Reconstruction and Development, Women's Rights

New Hospital Opens in Bagram

Yonhap News Agency from South Korea reported on Sunday that Afghan and South Korean officials opened a new hospital in Bagram, Parwan Province. Construction on the hospital had started in June of last year.  The hospital will be run by South Koreans with help from 25 local Afghans. It is a two-story building; it has […]

April 12, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Health News, Reconstruction and Development

First Afghan magazine to add Braille

In April, the Development and Ability Organization (DAO), formerly known as the Afghan Disabled Union, is planning on including Braille in the next edition of their magazine, called “Gadoon”. Braille is a form of writing and printing intended for blind people.  Varied arrangements of raised dots represent letters and numbers, and they are identified by […]

March 22, 2010 · admin · One Comment
Posted in: Health News, Human Rights

New maternity hospital to be built in Gardez

In an effort to reduce mother and child mortality rates, a new maternity hospital is being built in Gardez, which is in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Paktia. A maternity hospital specializes in providing care for women during pregnancy and childbirth as well as care for newborn infants. The US based Bayat Foundation, which is funding […]

March 21, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Health News, Reconstruction and Development, Women's Rights