KABUL (Pajhwok): A four-day anti-polio vaccination campaign targeting 1.7 million children under five has kicked off in five southern provinces, the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) announced on Monday.
The drive is being conducted in Kandahar, Helmand, Uruzgan, Zabul and Nimroz provinces in the southern zone, according to a statement from the ministry..
The campaign launched today would continue for four days, MoPH said, adding 1.7m children would be vaccinated during the drive.
Five cases of the crippling disease have been recorded in the country so far during the current year.
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