JALALABAD (PAN): There has been an unprecedented increase in the number measles cases among children in eastern provinces, where no vaccination drive has been carried out over the past five years, health officials in Nangarhar said on Monday.
KABUL (PAN): A special Japanese-funded hospital that would treat communicable diseases would soon take shape in the capital Kabul, after the foundation stone was laid by officials on Thursday.
TIRINKOT (PAN): Local residents in the central province of Uruzgan on Wednesday said many children and men suffered from diarrhea after eating berries, allegedly poisoned by substances that were sprayed by coalition soldiers targeting poppy crops.
JALALABAD (PAN): The Nangarhar governor granted cash assistance to an orphan girl was following a request from the Pajhwok Afghan News reporter, an official said on Tuesday.
KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): A newly-constructed building inside the Kandahar Civil Hospital was inaugurated and work on another project launched on Sunday, an official said.
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): An internationally funded 360-bed hospital started operations in Mazar-i-Sharif city, the capital of northern Balkh province on Saturday, officials said.
