Taliban Minister Boasts Afghan Anti-Polio Gains While Addressing Global Health Huddle
Ayaz Gul VOA News January 10, 2024 ISLAMABAD — A senior representative of Afghanistan’s Taliban government told a Pakistan-hosted international health conference Wednesday that his country had recorded an increase in mosquito-borne malaria and dengue fever cases, but infections caused by highly contagious poliovirus declined significantly. Only 12 children around the world were paralyzed by wild