KABUL, Nov 26 (NNN-ANA) – The Afghan authorities will build at least 285 health centres in several provinces of Afghanistan, local TOLOnews TV channel, yesterday, quoted the country’s top health official, as saying.
Qalandar Ibad, acting minister of public health, said, the ministry is urging trained and professional doctors abroad, to come back to their homeland amid a shortage of medics, the media outlet reported.
The official also noted that 45,000 medical beds are needed to treat patients across the country, while the number of medical beds is less than 30 percent of the expected quantity.
According to a plan, released by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 14 million people in Afghanistan, including 7.5 million children and 3.1 million women, are currently targeted for health assistance by the organisation.– NNN-ANA
