Taliban health ministry launches annual polio vaccination drive

Taliban health ministry launches annual polio vaccination drive

Afghanistan has launched its annual polio inoculation campaign aimed at reaching 9 million children, the health ministry said on Monday, the second year in

Taliban health ministry launches annual polio vaccination drive

KABUL: Afghanistan has launched its annual polio inoculation campaign aimed at reaching 9 million children, the health ministry said on Monday (Mar 13), the second year in a row the vaccination drive has taken place under Taliban rule. Afghanistan and neighbouring Pakistan are the last countries with endem

Afghanistan: Taliban health ministry launches annual polio vaccination drive

The Taliban health ministry announced on Monday (March 13) that the annual polio inoculation campaign will be launched in Afghanistan. The news agencies reported that the vaccination programme aims at reaching at least nine million children. It will be the second year in a row the vaccination drive has taken place under Taliban rule.  The World Health Organization (WHO) mentioned in a report last year in August that the polio eradication program

Taliban health ministry launches annual polio vaccination drive

KABUL, March 13 — Afghanistan has launched its annual polio inoculation campaign aimed at reaching 9 million children, the health ministry said today, the second year in a row the vaccination drive has taken place under Taliban rule. Afghanistan and neighbouring Pakistan are the last countries with endemic polio, an incurable and highly infectious disease that can cause crippling paralysis in young children. Polio has been virtually eliminated g…

National Vaccination Days Campaign launched, Health Ministry says

Damascus, SANA- Health Ministry launched Sunday the National Vaccination Days Campaign to follow up on children who have not got the vaccination up to 5 years old, and it will last until March 16th. ‘The campaign is implemented in 968 health centers and 63 updated ones and through mobile teams’, according to Director of Primary HealthCare at the Ministry, Dr. Razan Tarabishi  Dr. Tarabishi noted that the campaign aims to assess the vaccination s…

National flu vaccination campaign will start in the North

The Ministry of Health will anticipate national vaccination against influenza (influenza) in the Northern region, as announced by the portfolio last Friday (10). No to