Nationwide anti-polio drive begins, MoPH urges public support
The Ministry of Public Health has asked families and religious scholars to cooperate in a successful implementation of a nationwide anti-polio campaign that began on Monday.
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Still many families refuse polio drops to children in Ghazni
Public Health Department officials in southern Ghazni province say still hundreds of families refuse to vaccinate their children against polio in some areas.
Polio vaccination campaign launched in 16 provinces
A polio vaccination drive was launched on Monday in 16 provinces of the country, targeting around 6.3 million children.
New polio case detected in Pakistan
A fresh case of polio has been detected in Karachi, Pakistan, bringing the total number of children affected by the disease to 70.
4-day polio vaccination campaign kicks off in 23 provinces
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) says that a 4-day anti-polio vaccination campaign launched on Monday in 23 provinces of the country.
Nationwide anti-polio drive targeting 11m children kicks off
A polio vaccination campaign, targeting more than 11 million children under five years of age, was launched across the country on Monday.
Polio situation in Pakistan worse than Afghanistan
Pakistan’s polio situation is worse than Afghanistan, fuelling concerns at a recent international meeting in Qatar.
Bill Gates urges countries to join hands in fight against polio
Following the launch of a polio vaccination campaign in Afghanistan, Bill Gates urged countries of the world to take part in the fight against the virus. Success in the fight to wipe out polio is not guaranteed, according…
Serious effort on to eradicate polio in Afghanistan: UNICEF
The United Nations Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) says Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only two countries where polio remains endemic. The Presidential Palace wrote on its X handle that Deputy Prime Minister for Administrative Affairs Maulvi Abdul Salam Hanafi met…
Anti-polio drive to kick off in 6 provinces
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is launching a four-day polio vaccination campaign on Monday targeting 1.6 million children under five years age in six provinces. Kamal Shah Syed, an official of UNICEF office in Afghanistan,…
Nationwide polio vaccination campaign launched
A four-day polio vaccination campaign targeting 11 million children under five years of age kicked off across the country on Monday. The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) said the campaign was launched in cooperation with international and relevant…
Lowest number ever polio cases recorded in Afghanistan
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday said two children were paralyzed by polio in Afghanistan in 2022, the lowest number ever recorded in the country. In a tweet, WHO said by vaccinating every last child, they could…
Afghanistan, Pakistan together in fight against polio
Pakistan and Afghanistan are together in the campaign against the poliovirus, says the federal health minister. The ministerial statement comes after the detection of a poliovirus sample in sewage water in the Pakistan city of Lahore. Experts found…
Nationwide polio vaccination campaign kicks off: MoPH
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…
Polio vaccination campaign kicks off in 28 provinces
The Ministry of Public Health on Monday launched a four-day polio vaccination campaign targeting 6.7 million children under five years age in 28 provinces. Polio is a dangerous disease that has no cure and can only be prevented…
‘Many children in Helmand unvaccinated against polio’
Public health officials in southern Helmand province say polio vaccination drive has not been properly administered in most parts of the province where many children remain unvaccinated. Mualvi Ahmad Al-Ghazi, Helmand public health director, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Unprecedented chance to end polio in Afghanistan: WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) says an unprecedented opportunity is available to end polio virus in Afghanistan to free the world from polio virus. On its twitter handler, WHO said: “With only four cases of wild poliovirus reported…
3-day polio vaccination drive launched in Kunar
A three-day polio vaccination campaign was launched in eastern Kunar province on Tuesday, targeting 192,000 children including 41,000 children left out in the previous campaigns, an official said. The mosque-to-mosque vaccination campaign would be implemented across the province,…
Nationwide polio vaccination drive to begin tomorrow
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Sunday announced a nationwide polio vaccination campaign would be launched tomorrow, Monday, during which 9.9 million children under the age of five will be vaccinated. Dr. QalandarEbad, acting public health minister,…
Countrywide anti-polio drive next month
WHO and UNICEF have welcomed the Taliban leadership’s decision on the resumption of a house-to-house polio vaccination drive across Afghanistan. The vaccination campaign, scheduled to begin on November 8, will be the first in more than three years.…
9.9m children being vaccinated against polio in Afghanistan
The third phase of anti-polio drive targeting 9.9 million children countrywide was launched on Monday, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) said in a statement. The statement received by Pajhwok Afghan News said that the campaign was sponsored…
