KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Sunday launched a three-day polio vaccination campaign in 26 provinces of the country.
Sharaf Zaman, MoPH spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the new campaign, the last round this year, was launched today in cooperation with international organizations in 242 districts of 26 provinces of the country and would continue for three days.
According to him, nearly seven million children under the age of five will be given the vaccine.
“Afghanistan is closer to polio eradication than ever before because this year only two positive cases of polio surfaced in Paktika . . .
