Health
Ulema: People should quit Friday prayers to stay immune from COVID19
The commission of religious awareness wants people to quit Friday prayers as long as the Coronavirus threat is around as well as to avoid gatherings of all sorts to stay immune.
The Coronavirus have been infecting the people every day in Afghanistan; however, people do not take it seriously.
Some religious scholars have said that mosques should not be closed for the Coronavirus fears and that people should practice prayers in congregation.
Therefore the religious commission of awareness against the Coronavirus has said that if life and health are at stake, congregational prayers can be quit and gatherings should be avoided.
The head of the religious awareness commission, Abdul Salam Abid, denies the beliefs that some scholars have pronounced as “Coronavirus has not come to get the Muslim”, noting that to take care of one’s health is obligatory by Sharia law.
Khaliqdad Haqqani, a religious scholar, also says that the funeral services of those who die of the virus should not be attended by many.
Ezatullah Muslih, another religious scholar, says that when threat is imminent, one can practice the prayers alone at home.
He wants people to abide by the health instructions to help stop the outbreak of the pandemic.
According to religious scholars, everyone should fight against the virus, starting from oneself and take healthcare awareness tips and guidance seriously.
Based on last year’s data, 52 percent of people with mental disorders in Afghanistan are women, the Ministry of Public Health said.
However, after the Islamic Emirate took over the country and with the improvement of nationwide security and the provision of better health services, mental disorders have decreased, the ministry said.
“Overall, the mental security of men and women in Afghanistan is not ensured and their mental security is disturbed. According to the figures shared with us, in 2023, 52 percent of the visitors for mental disorders were women,” said Sharaft Zaman Amarkhil, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Public Health.
“Generally speaking, we can say that compared to the past, the instances of mental illnesses have decreased,” he added.
People suffering mental disorders mostly refuse to share their problem, willingly or unwillingly.
“There are many problems at home; We are poor. I finished school, but didn’t find any job,” Ansar, a mentally ill person, said.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), half of Afghanistan’s population suffers from mental distress.
Factors such as unemployment, poverty, domestic violence, ban on girls’ and women’s education and work, and drugs are said to be key contributors to mental distress.
A total of 1.2 million women in Afghanistan were malnourished last year, the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday.
Mona Shaikh, head of nutrition at WFP Afghanistan, said that the number of malnourished women is expected to increase this year.
On malnourished children, she said that their number will reach 3 million this year, but WFP will be able to assist only 1.6 million of them.
WFP warned that after foreign assistance cuts last year, it saw a rise in children’s admissions to malnutrition clinics in Afghanistan.
More than 23 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan this year, according to the United Nations. Over half of them are children.
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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