Some social media activists have termed Covid-19 virus vaccination as dangerous and claim it causes multiple health problems in human body, but doctors say Covid-19 vaccination is not harmful and it helps decrease the intensity of the virus.
More than 1.2 million children aged between six and 59 months will be vaccinated during an ongoing measles vaccination campaign in Afghanistan, according to a statement from the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday. Around 9,200 health workers, volunteers,…
Public health officials in northern Kunduz province say more than 80,000 people have been vaccinated against coronavirus in the past six months in the province, which shows a 20 percent increase in vaccination compared to last year.…
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…
A three-day anti-polio vaccination campaign targeting 160,000 children was launched in northern Sari Pul province on Monday, officials said. Dr. Abdul Shakur, in charge of immunization section of Sar-i-Pul Public Health Department, said the vaccination campaign would be…
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,…
A mass coronavirus vaccination site has been set up for Afghan evacuees streaming daily into Dulles International Airport in Virginia. The New York Post reported the Federal Emergency Management Agency had established the site at the Dulles Expo…
Health officials in central Uruzgan province say more than 20,000 children could not be vaccinated against polio disease in two districts which have recently been captured by the Taliban. Public Health Director Dr. GhafarWatanwal, said vaccination campaign would…
Nearly 58,000 children in Taliban-controlled areas in northern Sar-i-Pul province would be missed during a five-day vaccination campaign beginning Monday, an official said. The five-day anti-polio campaign targets around 9.1 million children under the age of five years,…
The three days polio vaccination campaign in which 250,000 children in Herat City, the capital of western Herat province, and Shindand district would be vaccinated began on Monday, officials said. Monasa Hasanzada, deputy head of the Work…
A second round of the autumn anti-polio vaccination campaign kicked off in southwestern Nimroz province on Sunday, targeting over 100,000 children, the governor said. Governor Mohammad Sami said 1,000 volunteers would administer polio drops and anthelmintic medicine children…
KABUL (MoPH) announced on Sunday. With the help of UNICEF and WHO, the ministry will launch the campaign in all provinces in the southern and southeastern regions, most districts in the eastern zone as well as some other areas, including…
