Minister of Health Sayed Mohammad Amin Fatemi of Afghanistan
Sayed Mohammad Amin Fatemi said 25 children had died from whooping cough in Gezab while three children had died of measles in Deh Rawud.
Health Minister Sayed Mohammad Amin Fatemi said one Afghan civilian died in hospital from severe wounds and seven others were being treated, including a woman and a schoolgirl aged about seven.
The war-ravaged country has minimal health services and Mr Fatemi said it relies on the World Health Organisation for diagnosis of any possible sign of bird flu.
Mr Fatemi said there was less chance of bird flu in Afghanistan as it was a Muslim country where people do not keep or eat pork.
KABUL, Dec 4 (SANA): Afghan Health Minister Sayed Mohammad Amin Fatemi has urged people in Afghanistan to be tolerant to people with HIV/AIDS.
Speaking at a ceremony, Fatemi said that even though there are only 49 registered cases of the estimated number of people with the virus is 1300 to 1500.
Fatemi said Nobody should blame him, because he hasnt done anything wrong.
Fatemi was speaking at belated World Aids Day ceremony.
Sayed Mohammad Amin Fatemi said 25 children had died from whooping cough in Gezab while three children had died of measles in Deh Rawud, says a report of Reuters.
Fatemi said the government was planning to launch a massive immunisation campaign in the two affected areas after assessing the extent of the disease outbreaks.
Fatemi said the money will be spent on purchasing modern technology, capacity building of health workers, providing motivational salaries in Wazir Akbar Khan Hospital and obstetrics and gynecology department of Badakhshan province.
Fatemi said Rotary International an International organization will provide $3.
Fatemi said the ministry plans to launch six vaccination campaigns in 2009 and 6 sub campaigns in the country.
Speaking to journalists, Fatemi said the 500-bed hospital would be built on the same place at the cost of 15m dollars.
Amin Fatemi was born on Jan 15th, 1952 in Ningarhar.
Kabul: Afghanistan has banned duck hunting and imports of live poultry to prevent the spread of the deadly bird flu virus, Public Health Minister Sayed Mohammad Amin Fatemi said on Thursday.
Health Minister Sayed Mohammad Amin Fatemi said at the scene that it was too early to confirm the number of casualties because the dead and wounded had been taken to different hospitals.
Fatemi said Afghanistan is doing everything it can to prevent abduction of children by organ mafia and illicit drug trafficking gangs.
Fatemi expressed gratitude for the presence of Turkish troops in Afghanistan.