Health
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Afghanistan Faces Unprecedented Child Malnutrition Crisis
DID Press: Afghanistan is facing an unprecedented malnutrition crisis, with a sharp rise in the number of children admitted to treatment centers in recent months, the aid organization Action Against Hunger has warned. In Kabul alone, admissions to a therapeutic…
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Kabul’s Rapid Population Growth Puts Urban Infrastructure Under Strain
DID Press: Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, has grown into a city of nearly six million people, but its urban infrastructure has failed to keep pace with the rapid population increase. Over the past two decades, Kabul has experienced rapid population growth…
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Second Israeli Soldier Suicide Reported Within 24 Hours
DID Press: Israeli media reports say Will Shakin, a soldier from New York serving in the Israeli military, died by suicide within the past 24 hours. Earlier, Roi Ziv Nir, from Hod HaSharon, was also reported to have taken his…
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Colombia Hit by Powerful 7.4-Magnitude Earthquake, 132 Killed
DID Press: A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia, killing at least 132 people and injuring another 570, according to local reports. Following the earthquake, a red-level emergency alert was declared in 32 cities, while extensive damage was reported across…
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$30 Million Pharmaceutical Plant Opens in Afghanistan’s Herat Province
DID Press: A pharmaceutical manufacturing company, Deem Pharma, has opened in Herat province with a total investment of $30 million, in a ceremony attended by the Taliban’s acting public health minister. Mawlawi Noor Jalal Jalali, the Taliban’s public health minister,…
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One Dies in Two Suicide Attempts in Kandahar
DID Press: Local sources in Kandahar say one young man has died and another survived after receiving medical treatment following two separate suicide attempts in Kandahar city. According to the sources, one of the incidents occurred on Saturday in the…
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ICRC: More Than 615,000 Patients Received Healthcare Services in Afghanistan
DID Press: More than 615,000 people in Afghanistan received healthcare services from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) during the first six months of this year, according to a new report by the organization. The ICRC said that…
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44 Children Among Victims as 112 Members of Gaza Family Buried Nearly 3 Years After Airstrike
DID Press: Thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza City have attended the funeral of 112 members of the Abu Sharia family, whose remains were recovered from the rubble of a building destroyed in a November 2023 Israeli airstrike, nearly three…
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EU Allocates €11M to Strengthen Afghanistan’s Veterinary Sector
DID Press: European Union has announced an €11 million funding package to strengthen Afghanistan’s veterinary services, improve animal health, enhance food security and support climate-resilient livelihoods. The EU Delegation to Afghanistan announced the funding during the Afghanistan Veterinary Workforce Development…
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Taliban Claims Expansion of Healthcare Network Across Remote Afghanistan
DID Press: Taliban’s Ministry of Public Health says more than 420 new health centers have been established in remote areas of Afghanistan since the group returned to power, while health experts caution that expanding facilities alone does not guarantee better…
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