A health/medical series of 28 programs explains subjects such as common diseases, teaches hygienic practices and provides vital information on Pashto women’s health issues, including pregnancy and childbirth.
- A one-year-old has continual watery stools which means his body is losing liquids, and he is in danger of becoming[...]
- The small children in the family have swollen abdomens and stomach pains and are sick with worms. A shopkeeper shares[...]
- In a village family setting, a dental worker gives advice to avoid sweet food and drinks. Remember to brush your[...]
- This is the drama of a young village child being accidentally scalded. An uncle gives three pieces of good advice:[...]
- A whole family gets diarrhea, and a neighbour explains that this is from germs causing infection. He advises them to[...]
- A young woman learns that because she did not clean her teeth, she has a cavity which has become a[...]
- A young child swallowed a full bottle of pills. So, his mother made him vomit by putting her finger down[...]
- A man with pain and burning in his chest talks to a health worker and finds he has acid indigestion[...]
- A small boy complains he cannot see when outside in the night, even though other children can. He also has[...]
- Grandfather was coughing for two months and losing weight. After test, he was found to have TB, caused by bacteria[...]
- A stray dog bites a small boy and his mother washes out the wound, leaving it open. Meanwhile her husband[...]
- A young woman has a headache, cough, and sore throat, and her fever climbs to be very high, though she[...]
- A young boy has bouts of headaches and high fever and is told he has malaria, a blood infection caused[...]
- A small child begins to have a cough and fever, gets spots on her tongue and develops a body rash,[...]
- Sick people lose body liquids quickly and must be given drinks often, and a sugar and salt solution are good[...]
- Fever can be dangerous if untreated and lead to complications including, pneumonia and convulsions or fits, especially in small children,[...]
- A ten-year-old boy asks his health worker uncle about the intense itching and red bumps on his body and hands.[...]
- A four-year-old had itchy elbows and backs of knees. A health worker tells the mother: find out if there are[...]
- A woman learns she is pregnant and visits her midwife sister-in-law for advice. She hears that she needs to eat[...]
- The pregnant lady comes for her first check-up after two months. Still having nausea, she takes bread or plain rice[...]
- She goes for her check-up, and now six months pregnant, she feels the baby kicking. Nausea is gone, but her[...]
- Breast milk is best because the mother passes on her immunity to diseases. The milk is free, clean and at[...]
- The lady became pregnant again, but after two months began bleeding and had bad cramps and pain. The midwife confirmed[...]
- Pregnancy Part 6
- The wife and husband in our previous programs now have three children. Now they wanted to wait before having more[...]
- A husband who smoked for ten years wants to quit, so talks to a health worker. He learns that cigarettes[...]
- A husband is often absent, lies to his wife, and gets angry often. They have no money for food, and[...]