Ministry of Public Health of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan celebrated the Global Hand washing Day for the sake of increasing the awareness of people in regard to the effectiveness of washing hands with soap in order to reduce the spread of infections and save the lives of children.
Ministry of Public Health celebrates Diabetes World Day to raise Public Awareness to prevent Diabetes
The Ministry of Public Health of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan celebrates Diabetes World Day all over the country in order to raise public awareness to prevent t the disease.
Ministry of Public Health celebrates International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women to increase public awareness, reducing victims of violence
Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan celebrated International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (IDEVW) in order to increase Public Awareness to eradicate the violence against women and reduce the consequences due to gender violence with effectiveness and standard health service delivery, in bright of Islamic teaching.
The 21th anniversary of the World AIDS Day is being celebrated in a situation that the National AIDS Control Program (NACP) of the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has recorded 556 HIV positive cases of which 8 patients died because of this disease.NACP reported 2000 to 3000 positive all over the country along with 19000 Injecting Drug Users (IDUs).This program wants to decrease the above number to 0.5 percent by 2010.
MoPH celebrates the World Health Day2010 focusing on Urbanization and Health
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan with the financial assistance of WHO (World Health Organization) celebrated the World Health Day for the year 2010 with the theme of Urbanization & Health at which a large number of high ranking officials from the government and international agencies, members of the Parliament, upper house, donors, professional associations and many others attended.
