Regional Reports |
 Afghanistan |
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Afghanistan Report - The worst place to be a mother Authorities are striving to improve health conditions for women in Afghanistan, where maternal mortality and female life expectancy indicators are the worst in the world, says a report. |
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Afghanistan Report - Fighting a stubborn polio virus Despite efforts to eliminate polio in Afghanistan since 1980, the disease is still prevalent: at least 10 children have caught the virus in the past six months, according to health officials. |
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Afghan refuges in Iran have
little awareness of AIDS Ebadullah, aged 26, worked in Iran illegally for four years, but was deported on 3 January this year. Whilst in Iran he used sex workers and intravenous drugs - unaware of the risks of contracting HIV. |
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Kabul air pollution at sky-high levels Air pollution in Kabul may be hastening the death of over 3,000 people every year, according to the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH). |
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