JALALABAD (Pajhwok): As many as 78,000 children could be missed out on anti-polio vaccination campaign in eastern Nangarhar and Kunar provinces due to security concerns, an official said on Sunday.
Nangarhar is the only province in the eastern zone where six more polio cases have been found. Officials say the new cases were found in children to families returning from Pakistan.
A new anti-polio campaign targeting 966,000 children in the eastern zone was launched on Monday.
Dr. Ashraf Ahmadzai, general director for polio vaccination campaigns, told Pajhwok Afghan News . . .
