Three polio cases have emerged in Achin and Spin Ghar districts of eastern Nangarhar province, the provincial public health director said on Sunday. Dr. Najibullah Kamawal told Pajhwok Afghan News that no anti-polio campaign could be launched in…
KABUL to step up efforts to minimize the spread of polio, media reports. A statement released by the WHO cautioned that vaccinations of air travelers in Afghanistan should be tracked. It said that there is “no exit screening and restriction…
KABUL on Sunday. Public Health Minister Firuzuddin Firoz, who formally inaugurates the first round of polio vaccination campaign, said teams would be visiting every house to administer polio drops to children. Besides the polio vaccination, as many as two million…
KABUL Cricket Board (ACB) and the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) on Sunday signed a two-year agreement on joining hands to eradicate polio disease from Afghanistan. The agreement was signed between ACB chairman Nasim Danish and UNICEF representative…
