The UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has contributed an additional GBP 24 million ($28 million) towards UNICEF’s $2 billion Humanitarian Action for Children (HAC) appeal for Afghanistan.

According to local sources in Kandahar province, the outbreak of measles in this province has killed 29 children in the last three months.

Faryab health officials say that 24 health centers destroyed by wars have been rebuilt; but the institutions that help the health centers are not accountable to Faryab Public Health regarding the expenditure and budget, and they do not share the details of their work.

The health officials of Jawzjan province say that during the last 40 days, more than 7 thousand people in three districts of this province were infected with cholera and 12 people died as a result of this disease.

A 20-bed hospital to be built by Ministry of Public Health in Khanjan district, northern Baghlan province yesterday.