Still many families refuse polio drops to children in Ghazni

New round of polio vaccination campaign to begin Monday

KABUL, Afghanistan — A new round of polio vaccination campaign will begin nationwide on Monday, aiming to immunize 11.6 million children under the age of five across all 34 provinces, according to Taliban-run public health ministry. The campaign will last four days in the provinces of Helmand, Nangarhar, Laghman, Nuristan, Kandahar, and Kunar, and three days in the rest of the country, the ministry said. This comes as Afghanistan faces a troubli…

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.

Launch of Polio Vaccination Campaign in Afghanistan - Khaama Press

Afghanistan has launched a nationwide polio vaccination campaign to immunize children under five and prevent the spread of this crippling disease. The organization Polio-Free Afghanistan has announced the launch of a new polio vaccination campaign across the country. This nationwide effort aims to protect Afghanistan’s children under the age of five from the crippling disease. The campaign is a part of ongoing efforts to eradicate poliovirus fro…

The polio vaccination campaign will begin tomorrow (Monday, 1 May) in the country, the Office of the Polio Campaign says. "Polio has no cure, but can be prevented with vaccination," the Free Polio Afghanistan page said in a message on X. The office has asked families to vaccinate children under the age of five. This is the third round of the polio vaccination campaign in the new year. The first positive case of polio in Afghanistan has been repo…