The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) emphasized the need to ensure Afghan ...

In Paktika, nearly 48,000 children and more than 17,000 pregnant and lactating women are affected. Meanwhile, Sharafat Zaman, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Public Health of Afghanistan ...

Local authorities have launched the construction of 20 school buildings in the capital and districts of southern ...

A nongovernmental group says an explosion in a packed Kabul market has injured 11 people, including some children.

The United Nations has expressed concern over surge in malnutrition among women and children in Afghanistan. According to World Food Programme, an alarming 1.2 million women are now grappling with ...

This conversation with the Afghan doctor and politician led Hudson to a profound realization — that the key to unlocking ...

As Afghanistan and Pakistan battle the polio virus, public health officials have enlisted clerics to combat vaccine hesitancy ...

Afghanistan is ranked 116th in the Global Hunger Index, with a score of 30.8 out of 127 countries.The severe condition ...

From grappling with undiagnosed dyslexia in his youth, to finding his cultural identity in an all-White community, to serving ...

In neighbouring Afghanistan, at least 18 polio cases have been confirmed this year, according to the World Health ...

Polio has started to resurface in Pakistan as more than one million children failed to receive their vaccinations last month.

Officials say Pakistan has witnessed a surge in new polio cases ahead of a new nationwide campaign, hampering years-long ...