Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 17 Jun 2023, 07:49 am Print
Diarrhea Afghanistan's Mazar-e-Sharif city has witnessed the deaths of six children due to seasonal diseases like diarrhea in the past two months, media reports said.
According to Abdul Raouf Forough, director of the pediatric ward of Abu Ali Sina Balkhi Hospital, four children died last month, and two more in the second half of May, reports Khaama Press.
He also elaborated that around 150 to 250 children with this kind of disease visit the pediatric section of the hospital.
“One of the reasons is the hot weather, and people do not use clean water, they use contaminated water, or children do not feed on mother’s milk, and they do not observe environmental and personal hygiene, and also use unclean fruits and vegetables,” said Forough.
- Avian flu reported in 108 countries, alerts UN health agency
- Birth registration increases, but 150 million children still ‘invisible’, shows new UNICEF report
- WHO alerts over 1 in 5 adults worldwide has a genital herpes infection
- New study shows short-term cognitive boost from exercise may last for 24 hours, new study reveals
- Bird flu may emerge as next global pandemic, warn experts
