Doctors and aid workers say thousands of children in Afghanistan are being admitted to hospitals with pneumonia and other respiratory diseases caused by the cold and malnutrition reut.rs/3ZiExFh

Oppressing women not only hurts women; it also hurts men econ.st/3Pu8ZaU

Should pneumonia be at the top of the global health agenda?

Catherine Russell and @KevinatSave explain why the answer is an unequivocal yes - and why we need to fight harder 💪 against the single biggest infectious killer of children. #VaccinesWork gates.ly/2SLb5HP

Sometimes we all need a helping hand ❤️

Zainab and Nigina are learning how to use their new artificial limbs at our orthopedic center in Kabul. #FridayFeeling

To turn the tide on the global crisis of childhood #obesity , we will need to use 'whole of society' approaches to build healthier food environments.
The needs of #children must be put at the heart of our food systems.
UNICEF's Charlotte Petri Gornitzka via World Economic Forum bit.ly/2TcasaM

Hashim Aslami Has Just One Word for #Afghan Farmers: Saffron nyti.ms/2ILCl56

Supporting #evidence for policy-making is of utmost relevance to countries with severe resource constrains. as they need to set their priorities based on all sources of evidence.
Watch interview of H.E. Diwa Samad, Deputy for MOPH technical affairs #Afghanistan
WHO Afghanistan

To protect the rights of #Afghan women, they must have a seat at the negotiating table with the #Taliban , write Swanee Hunt and Madam Frogh. cnn.com/2019/02/11/opi…

د ښځو د پیاوړتیا رښتینې استازو!
د سولې په خبرو اترو کې د ددوی حقوق او لاسته راوړنې باید خوندي شي.

.Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus meeting patients at the EMERGENCY Trauma Care Hospital in #Kabul 2day. Sajeda, 21yo, from Badakhashan Province, she’s healing from a bullet wound. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wished her a speedy recovery while she invited him 2 visit her village.

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I wish Sajeda who is healing from a bullet wound a speedy recovery! She is a 21-year old from Badakhashan province, #Afghanistan .
I am meeting Sajeda and other patients at the EMERGENCY Trauma Care Hospital in #Kabul .

Turkey will also support Afghan farmers in Herat to increase the production of saffron! TİKA 🇹🇷🇦🇫

More than 420 million people live with diabetes worldwide.

On today’s #WorldDiabetesDay , see how World Health Organization (WHO) works to improve access & quality care for diabetics: bit.ly/1qyceQp

4 of the 10 top improvers in #DoingBiz are countries suffering from fragility, conflict, and violence:

🇦🇫 Afghanistan
🇩🇯 Djibouti
🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire
🇹🇬 Togo

More results 📊 ⟶ wrld.bg/Sowt30mr4oT

Congratulations Afghanistan! With economic reforms as the forefront of our agenda, we are turning threats into opportunities! worldbank.org/en/news/immers…

Great news! It is the result of Afghanistan’s enhanced focus on institutionalization and rule of law.  Our focus on ‘doing businesses' may well be the platform that sustain the country’s reform trajectory for the future.

Adult albinos sell for an astronomical $70,000 econ.st/2OdrKlP

The EU has adopted its first policy on Euro-Asia connectivity. This policy was partly inspired by the needs of the peace process in Afghanistan and if implemented well could help integrate BRI, Chabahar -N/S corridor, New Silk Road and other efforts in support of regional peace.