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Taliban health ministry launches annual polio vaccination drive

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Afghanistan has launched its annual polio inoculation campaign aimed at reaching 9 million children. It is 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. Polio has been virtually eliminated globally through a decades-long inoculation drive.

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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

1 year ago·Singapore

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WION

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

1 year ago·Noida, India

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Malay Mail

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…

1 year ago·Selangor, Malaysia

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Al Arabiya

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

1 year ago·Saudi Arabia

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SANA

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…

1 year ago·Syrian Arab Republic

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Pajhwok Afghan News

Nationwide anti-polio vaccination campaign launched

KABUL (Pajhwok): A four-day anti-polio vaccination campaign targeting 10 million children under five year age across Afghanistan kicked off on Monday, United Nations . .

1 year ago·Kabul, Afghanistan

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