Afghanistan’s final 2024 polio vaccination campaign aims to protect 5 million children, battling the disease in 11 provinces.

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The Afghan caretaker government's Ministry of Public Health on Monday announced a three-day vaccination campaign aimed at protecting 4.8 million children under the age of five from poliovirus. Running ...

The campaign provided anti-polio drops to children in 16 out of Afghanistan's 34 provinces, said Sharafat Zaman Amarkhil, spokesperson for the ministry. In his message, Amarkhail urged tribal ...

Unknown gunmen abducted an official associated with a polio vaccination programme from Pakistans restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday, police said.Sher Ayaz was abducted from Shewa tehsil in ...

Running from Monday to Wednesday, the campaign will provide anti-polio drops to children in 11 out of the country's 34 provinces, said Sharafat Zaman Amarkhil, spokesperson for the ministry. In his ...

A health worker gives a dose of polio vaccine to a child in a neighborhood during an anti-polio campaign in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 24, 2024. The Afghan caretaker government's Ministry of Public ...

A nationwide polio vaccination campaign began on Monday across 11 provinces of Afghanistan, aiming to immunize 4.8 million children under the age of five. The campaign, led by the Ministry of Public ...