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Ghazni children missed on polio vaccine for ‘years’

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GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): Residents of remote areas in southern Ghazni province say their children have not been vaccinated against the crippling polio disease for the past many years. They say their children were missed on vaccination because polio teams never arrived in their areas.

Khan Mohammad, a resident of Tapor area in Deh Yak district, told Pajhwok Afghan News on Thursday that polio workers last visited their area two years ago.

“But no one came after that. Our people also do not know what the vaccine is and why it is given to children,” Mohammad . . .

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