Health
4-day polio vaccination campaign planned for eastern zone of Afghanistan
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) says a polio vaccination case response campaign will be implemented in the eastern region of Afghanistan, which includes Nangarhar, Laghman, Kunar and Nuristan provinces, and the plan is to inoculate 1.2 million children.
The campaign will start on Saturday and will continue for four days, the ministry said.
Dr. Nek Wali Shah Momin, the director of National Emergency Operation Center (NEOC), has asked families in these provinces to vaccinate their children including newborns so as to protect them from the disease.
According to the ministry, five polio cases have been recorded in Afghanistan this year.
In addition, health officials said that the ministry is committed to fully eradicating polio in the whole country.