KABUL (Pajhwok): More than 1.2 million children aged between six and 59 months will be vaccinated during an ongoing measles vaccination campaign in Afghanistan, according to a statement from the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday.
Around 9,200 health workers, volunteers, supervisors, and monitors are mobilized to cover 49 districts in 24 provinces in a week-long campaign scheduled from 12–17 March.
WHO is supporting the Ministry of Public Health and provincial health authorities in the management of the vaccination, including technical advice, training of staff, funding for training, costs for operations, as well as with provision . . .
