As more individuals consume bad diets and neglect to engage in regular exercise, obesity has become a significant global health concern in recent decades.
KATHMANDU, Jan 16: The government began administering booster dose of the vaccine against COVID-19 to the frontline workers from Sunday.
Front line workers including health professionals, security personnel, journalists, cleanliness staff, ambulance and hearse drivers, female health volunteers and staff at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) are being inoculated with booster jabs as per the decision made by the Health and Population Ministry on January 12.
Here are some photos taken at a vaccination center in the capital on Sunday afternoon.
Service seekers, mostly men, are not used to seeing an all-female staff manning a health post. But for female patients, the health post is a welcome change, health workers say.
Service seekers, mostly men, are not used to seeing an all-female staff manning a health post. But for female patients, the health post is a welcome change, health workers say.
KABUL, Aug 28: The Taliban has called on women who work for the health ministry to return to their jobs, reported BBC.
Spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on Twitter that female staff should "attend their regular duties" both in Kabul and other provinces.
He made no mention of other women employees. All had previously been told to stay at home for their safety.
Afghan women have expressed fear for their future following the Taliban's take over the country.
Zabihullah Mujahid also issued a directive telling the people of Kabul to hand in "weapons, ammunition and other government goods" within a week so that there would be "no need for offenders to be prosecuted if they are discovered".
