Ariana: One year on from Afghanistan’s transition of power in August 2021, the polio eradication programme in Afghanistan has made critical gains – but the job is far from finished. Wild poliovirus transmission in Afghanistan is currently at its lowest level in history. Fifty six children were paralysed by wild poliovirus in 2020. In 2021,
Ariana: The [Taliban] Ministry of Public Health of Afghanistan says that in cooperation with relevant international institutions, the ministry has launched a polio vaccination campaign in 28 provinces of Afghanistan which will run over three days. The ministry said on Monday, July 25 that 6.7 million children under the age of five will receive this
Ariana: The European Union announced this week that it will provide an additional $26 million for polio vaccines and another $15.6 million for child protection in Afghanistan. According to a statement issued by the EU, the funding for child protection will specifically be aimed at caring for migrant children at risk of violence, exploitation and
Ariana: More than one million Afghan children are expected to be vaccinated over the next few days in the latest polio vaccination campaign that was launched in western Afghanistan on Sunday. Officials said the campaign will run for four days and be conducted across four provinces in the western region. Click here to read more
Ariana: More than one million children are expected to receive polio vaccinations in the fourth round of the current campaign which is set to start on Monday in the western provinces of Afghanistan. According to public health ministry officials, vaccination teams will go from house-to-house and vaccinate children under the age of five. Click here
The Independent (UK): The police reportedly said two members of the National Resistance Front (NRF) were arrested in connection with the killings and had confessed to their crime. Refuting the claims, the group called the arrest a Taliban ‘propaganda’. Click here to read more (external link).
Ariana: Coinciding with a new wave of coronavirus in Afghanistan, the World Health Organization (WHO) said a vaccination campaign is underway in the country and that more than 4.1 million Afghans have received the jab. According to the organization, 50 percent of these people are women. Click here to read more (external link). Other Health
8am: Pakistan’s Special Assistant on National Health Services, Dr. Faisal Sultan, has called for more Pakistan-Afghanistan cooperation to eradicate the poliovirus, saying the two countries can work together to get rid of the virus. “Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only two countries where the poliovirus still exists,” he said. “Pakistan wants to help Afghanistan in
Akmal Dawi VOA News January 22, 2022 International health workers say the end of the war in Afghanistan brings new hope to efforts to rid the country of the crippling disease polio. For many years, efforts to immunize all Afghan children under five years old were considered unfeasible because of widespread insecurity and threats to
Ariana: The first national polio immunization campaign for 2022 is set to start this week and will target 9.9 million children aged 0–59 months across the country. According to Relief Web, this month’s campaign will reach more children than the November 2021 program that delivered polio vaccinations to 8.5 million children under the age of