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Bayat Foundation establishes pediatric oncology unit in Kabul

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(Last Updated On: November 17, 2022)

Bayat Foundation has established a new unit in the Jamhuriat Hospital where children with cancer will be treated. This health center is a state-owned hospital which is located in Kabul city.

According to Bayat Foundation officials, the pediatric oncology ward was built within a month, includes six beds and has modern equipment, including oxygen units, ultrasound machines and monitors for checking vital signs.

“For the first time, about six years ago, Bayat Foundation established another department in the Jamhuriat Hospital for cancer patients, where more than five thousand cancer patients have been treated,” said Dr. Ehsanullah Bayat, the Chairman of Bayat Foundation.

Dr. Bayat also said that another modern hospital for children and mothers in Kabul has been built by the foundation, which will serve the people once equipment has been installed.

“The goal of Bayat Foundation has always been to help our countrymen and these children, who are the future of Afghanistan, who need more help, and you will soon see the opening of another very modern hospital for children and mothers in the area of Wazir Mohammad Akbar Khan,” said Dr. Bayat.

On the other hand, the Ministry of Public Health considers the establishment of a pediatric oncology department in the Jamhuriat Hospital as one of the most important needs in the health sector in the current situation.

“The Public Health Ministry is very happy that it was able to create a special pediatric oncology ward in Afghanistan with the cooperation of benevolent compatriots,” said Mohammad Hassan Ghiasi, deputy minister for public health, adding that the work was done at the initiative and funding of the Bayat Foundation, and is a much-needed facility.

The head of Jamhuriat Hospital, Khan Mohammad Akrami, welcomed the Bayat Foundation’s move and said that now with the establishment of the pediatric oncology department, patients who go into shock or go into a coma during chemotherapy will be hospitalized and cared for.

“Fortunately, with the help of the Bayat Foundation and the initiative of the Ministry of Public Health, we were able to establish an oncology department here,” said Mohammad Akrami.

According to statistics, dozens of children visit this hospital daily for chemotherapy, and a number of these children go into shock while some fall into a coma during treatment.

Bayat Foundation meanwhile also delivered hundreds of boxes of nutritional supplements to malnourished children being treated at the hospital.

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Public Health minister meets with head of the UN refugees agency

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(Last Updated On: March 22, 2024)

Dr. Qalandar Ebad, the Minister of Public Health met with Leonard Zulu, the head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, on Thursday in Kabul to discuss issues facing the health sector in the country.

Among the issues discussed was that of the establishment of new health centers for returnees in the country.

Ebad said the provision of better health services for compatriots and returnees was one of his priorities and requested the cooperation of this organization in this field.

Leonard Zulu assured Ebad of the organization’s continued cooperation.

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Ebad addresses gathering of health sector supporting organizations in Doha

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(Last Updated On: February 29, 2024)

The Minister of Public Health of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Qalandar Ebad on Thursday attended a meeting of health sector-supporting organizations in Doha, Qatar and spoke about the need to focus on certain areas of healthcare in the country.

In his speech, Ebad spoke of work needed to reform the health system, joint supervision, self-sufficiency of the health sector, standardization of health services at village and district level and provision of all-round health services.

He asked international colleagues in the field of health to work more on reducing administrative costs and delivering aid in a proper and correct manner.

Ebad said that if excessive administrative expenses are prevented, it will have a positive effect on the expenses in the field of health services.

He also emphasized that the release of the country’s frozen assets would be beneficial for the health sector especially for mothers and children.

It is a big and positive step for the independence of Afghanistan’s health system, development and standardization of health services, which should be taken by the international community, he said.

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Polio vaccination campaign underway in Afghanistan

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(Last Updated On: February 26, 2024)

The Ministry of Public Health, in cooperation with international institutions, on Monday launched the second sub-national polio vaccination campaign for 2024.

The campaign runs in different parts of the country from 26 to 29 February 2024, and aims to reach 7.6 million children below the age of five.

“We are committed to eradicating polio in Afghanistan with the cooperation of our partners. We are working day and night and continue supplementary polio vaccination campaigns and health care services in order to reach the goal of completely eradicating polio throughout the country,” Acting Public Health Minister Qalandar Ebad said.

“The support of all Afghans, especially elders and religious scholars, is important in polio eradication activities. It is necessary for them to participate in the fight against polio and keep their children healthy,” he added.

Polio is a viral disease that cannot be cured and can only be prevented and eradicated by vaccination.

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