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7 April 2010 - World Health Day is marked across the world today. Website: World Health Organization

7 April 2010 - In the historical province of Bamyan, the provincial Government, UN agencies, local communities and youth groups have joined together to plant trees during the Afghan New Year plantation drive. Up to 450,000 young saplings will be planted this year according to plans by Bamyan’s…

7 April 2010 - Afghanistan joins World Health Day today with efforts being stepped up to address urban health issues and keep safe drinking water and underground water free from contamination. This year health-related events and activities will take place in six cities (Kabul, Jalalabad, Kandahar…

7 April 2010 - World Health Day is being marked today with a number of events and activities across Afghanistan. At an event at the Wazir Akbar Khan Hospital in Kabul one of the key note speakers was Peter Graaff, Country Director of the World Health Organization in Afghanistan. Ladies and Gentlemen…

7 April 2010 - Today in Kabul the World Health Organization and the Ministry of Public Health held a celebration at the Wazir Akbar Khan Hospital to mark World Health Day. UNAMA Radio on Health Day - Full statement

7 April 2010 - The First Scientific Seminar on Environmental Concepts in Islam was held today at the Kabul University. The well-attended seminar at the university auditorium was a joint effort of Afghanistan’s National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) and the Faculty of Theology of Kabul…

7 April 2010 - People tend to come to cities in the hope for a better future, but not everyone in the city finds a better future, Peter Graaff, Country Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Afghanistan, told a reporter after observing World Health Day at Wazir Akbar Khan Hospital in…

NEW YORK - World Health Day 2010 focused on urbanization and health with the campaign "1000 cities - 1000 lives" calling on cities worldwide to open up streets for health activities.

8 April 2010 - Different stakeholders in Afghanistan’s eastern regional hub of Jalalabad today vowed to make the city cleaner by mobilizing students, youths and local denizens. Observing the World Health Day in the Nangarhar provincial capital, representatives of the provincial government, line…

9 April 2010 - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said he continues to expect full cooperation between Afghanistan and its global partners, adding that recent comments critical of the international community by the country’s President Hamid Karzai are unhelpful. Mr Karzai was reported in the media…

9 April 2010 - Download UNAMA's review of the week in stories and photos. UNAMA NEWS - UNAMA PHOTOS

11 April 2010 - Mohamed Yacoub, 60 years old, collects a bag full of wheat and peas, a can containing cooking oil, a small portion of salt. His hands are thick from working the land; his face burnt spending days under the sun. The wind blows on the outskirts of Khosan district centre, Mohamed Yacoub…