Ghani orders UNICEF’s polio project head to leave Afghanistan
Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Thursday set a 24-hour deadline for UNICEF head for polio project to leave Afghanistan within 24 hours.
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6 polio cases emerge in southeastern zone
Six polio cases have been reported in the southeastern zone after a long time, public health officials say, expressing their concern about the cases. They said five of the cases were detected in Khost and one in Paktika…
161,000 Uruzgan children deprived of polio vaccination
Public health officials in central Uruzgan province on Monday said 66 suspected and four confirmed positive polio cases were registered in the provincial capital, Tirinkot, and districts this ongoing year. Local officials say this time too children in…
Action stressed to avert measles, polio epidemics
KABUL Organization (WHO) on Saturday called for action to avert major measles and polio epidemics. The call comes as COVID-19 continues to disrupt immunisation services worldwide, leaving millions of vulnerable children at heightened risk of preventable diseases. A joint statement…
‘Afghanistan, Pakistan committed to eradicate polio’
KABUL Polio Day, Nangarhar Governor Zia-ul-Haq Amarkhel and Khyber Pakhtonkhwa Governor Shah Farman in a joint ceremony at Zero Point in Torkham crossing vaccinated polio drops to children. Addressing the impressive ceremony, Governor Shah Farman said: “we all gathered here…
5-day nationwide anti-polio drive from Monday
KABUL (MoPH) said on Sunday. The campaign targets 9.1 million children in 30 provinces, said Public Health Minister Dr. Firozuddin Feroz, adding insecurity continued to deprive a number of children across the country of vaccination. He said said Bamyan, Daidkundi,…
Taliban reverse ban on anti-polio drive in Uruzgan
Taliban officials in Uruzgan province to vaccinate children against polio disease in areas under their control, reversing an eight-month old ban. The Taliban lift ban on anti-polio campaign in Uruzgan after eight polio positive cases surfaced in the…
New polio case detected in Uruzgan: MoPH
KABUL (MoPH) said on Wednesday. A statement from MoPH, said a two and half years old child had tested positive, the child has been paralysed forever. The statement added it was the 9th polio case since the beginning of 2019…
3rd new polio case surfaces in Helmand
A third polio positive case has surfaced in Nawzad district of southern Helmand province, an official said on Wednesday. Public Health had earlier banned polio vaccination in Washer and Nawzad districts but the restriction was recently lifted. He…
Pak, Afghan ulema to join hands for polio eradication
KABUL will attend a conference on polio eradication In Muscat, UNICEF says. The main objective behind the event is to support polio eradication in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the UN agency saud in a statement on Saturday. The religious scholars from…
3 polio cases in Uruzgan due to families’ denial: Governor
The governor of central Uruzgan province says polio cases would increase if the Taliban do not allow vaccination to children. Governor Mohammad Shafiq Asadullah Sayeed made the remarks after a new polio case was detected in Charchino district,…
5-day anti-polio drive begins in high risk areas
KABUL on Monday launched a five-day polio vaccination campaign targeting 5.4 million children below the age of five years in 179 districts of 17 provinces. A statement from the Ministry of Public Health said it launched the vaccination campaign, the…
Poliovirus detected in 3-year-old Uruzgan boy
A new polio case has been detected in the Charchino district of central Uruzgan province, taking the number of total polio cases to 18 nationwide this year, an official said on Wednesday. The poliovirus was diagnosed in a…
Polio virus detected in 11-month-old Kandahar girl
An 11-month-old baby girl has been diagnosed positive for polio virus in Kandahar province, taking the number of victims to six in the southern province this year. Dr. Abdul Shakoor Nasrat, immunization program head at the provincial public…
Tens of thousands of Kandahar kids to miss polio drops
A three-day polio vaccination campaign was launched in southern Kandahar province on Monday, but children in five districts could not be administered the drops due to certain reasons. Shah Walikot, Khakrez, Ghorak, Meyanshin and Maroof are districts…
New polio case detected in Helmand
Around 600,000 children would deprived of anti-polio vaccination due to security problems in southern Helmand province where a new polio case has detected, an official said Monday. The views were expressed by Helmand public health director, Dr. Aminullah…
4-day nationwide polio vaccination campaign kicks off
KABUL (MoPH) on Monday launched a four-day nationwide vaccination campaign involving 68,000 volunteers. Deputy health minister Dr. Fida Mohammad Paikan, while launching the campaign in Kabul, said polio workers would visit each house countrywide during the four-day drive. An estimated…
Anti-polio drive targeting 1.1m kids begins in east
A three-day anti-polio vaccination campaign targeting 1.1 million children in eastern provinces kicked off on Monday in Nangarhar province, where 8,000 children missed the vaccine in previous drives. Nangarhar Public Health Director Dr. Najibullah Kamawal, who launched the…
Alarm bells: Kandahar records 7th polio case this year
A 17-month-old boy has been tested positive for poliovirus in southern Kandahar province, taking the number of polio cases so far this solar year to 14 nationwide. The provincial Public Health Department director told a press conference…
Ghani orders focus on challenges in anti-polio drives
President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday called for full eradication of polio, saying all challenges in this regard particularly in remote areas should be identified and focused on. A statement from the Presidential Palace quoted the president as stressing…
Another Nangarhar child tests positive for polio
An eight-month-old child has been tested positive for poliovirus in the Momand Dara district of eastern Nangarhar province, taking the number of positive cases nationwide to 10. The baby boy, Ali, had frequently received anti-polio drops in his…
Japan to help Afghan kids fight polio, other diseases
KABUL under an agreement signed on Monday. The relevant agreements was signed at the Embassy of Japan in Kabul on Monday between Mitsuji Suzuka, Ambassador of Japan, Takeshi Watanabe, JICA Chief Representative, Adele Khodr, UNICEF Representative and Jocelyn Mason, UNDP…
Anti-polio campaign launched in eastern zone
No positive case of polio has been detected over the past two years in Nangarhar but the risk has increased as people frequently travel through the province to Pakistan. Public health officials expressed the views during the launch…
Number of children missing polio drops declines in Nangarhar
The number of children previously missed out on polio vaccination has decreased in eastern Nangarhar province, the public health director said on Monday. Dr. Najibullah Kamal was talking a day after a three-day nationwide anti-polio campaign was launched.…
