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6.1 million children in the high risk areas of the country need to receive their second dose of polio vaccine in less than two weeks
Press Release Kabul, February 12, 2018 Today marks the first day in a polio vaccination campaign that will be carried out in the provinces of which are deemed to be at particularly high risk for children. About 6.1 children in 23 provinces will be vaccinated. The timing of the campaign, which follows a round that ended two weeks ago, is planned...
6.1 million children to be vaccinated against polio this week
Kabul, January 29, 2018 The Ministry of Public Health of Afghanistan, together with WHO and UNICEF, launched a Sub-National Immunization Days (SNID) campaign today to vaccinate over 6.1 million children under the age of 5 against polio, in high-risk districts in 21 provinces of Afghanistan. The campaign will be conducted in all provinces of...
Afghanistan introduces rotavirus vaccine to protect infants and young children against severe diarrhoea
At the launch ceremony, Minister of Public Health, H.E. Dr. Ferozuddin Feroz delivered the first dose of the vaccine to a child KABUL, Afghanistan, 27 January 2018 – The Government of Afghanistan today introduced rotavirus vaccine to prevent the spread of rotavirus, the most common cause of severe and fatal diarrhoea among infants and young...
Female polio workers reaching every last child
16 January 2017 – I meet Zainab in front of a busy park full of playing children. She and a team of female polio vaccinators kneel in the middle of a noisy group of children and start vaccinating the children one by one with confident, quick moves. One of the team members hands out orange and green balloons after marking the children’s fingers in...
First round of polio vaccination in Shahwalikot completed
Kabul, 10 January 2018 Toby Lanzer, the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator released a statement today announcing that health authorities, with support from UNICEF and WHO, today completed the first of three polio vaccination campaigns in Shahwalikot (Kandahar province) and in the neighbouring districts of Miyanshin and Nesh, reaching 43,000...
President honors hospital supported by WHO with an award
Kabul, 8 January 2017 President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani has honored a Kabul hospital run by an Italian NGO Emergency with the national Said Jamaluddin Afghan medal in a ceremony held in Kabul. World Health Organization Afghanistan supports Emergency, providing essential medical supplies including emergency trauma kits and training health...
Republic of Korea contributes 2 million to support access to quality health care for the most vulnerable population in Afghanistan
Kabul, 5 January 2017 In December 2017, Republic of Korea (ROK) signed a grant arrangement with World Health Organization to contribute over 2 million USD over 12 months to a project supporting access to health care, improved nutrition and sanitation for the most vulnerable people in Afghanistan. Protracted violence has had a direct impact on the...
5.5 million children under the age of five to be vaccinated against polio in high risk areas
Kabul, 18 December, 2017 The Ministry of Public Health of Afghanistan, WHO and UNICEF will carry out a polio vaccination campaign in parts of Afghanistan between December 18-22. The campaign will target 5.5 million children under the age of five in high risk areas, mostly in the south, southeast, east and Kabul. The UN humanitarian coordinator...
UN humanitarian coordinator calls for support to polio vaccination campaign
Kabul, 17 December 2017 UN humanitarian coordinator Toby Lanzer has released a statement in support of the December 2017 polio vaccination campaign and calling for protection to the health workers involved. The Ministry of Public Health of Afghanistan, together with WHO and UNICEF, will carry out a polio vaccination campaign in parts of...
WHO improves trauma care facility in Afghanistan’s busiest border crossing
Kabul 16 December 2017 World Health Organization, in cooperation with International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans (MRCA), a French NGO working in the health sector, supports improvement of trauma care facilities in Milak border crossing point transit centre in Nimroz province. Milak is the busiest...
