Sakina, Championing Women in the Fight
Kandahar, Afghanistan, 24 October 2020: In Dand District, Kandahar, southern Afghanistan, Sakina Abdul Ghafar mobilizes her community in support of polio vaccines.…
Pashto language version with English subtitles of Afghanistan National Pride video for polio eradication.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXyRxXiRhN4&feature=youtu.be Pashto language version with English subtitles of Afghanistan National Pride video for polio eradication.Report by UNICEF polio program’s support to the regional hospital in Kandahar city
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXyRxXiRhN4&feature=youtu.be Pashto language version with English subtitles of Afghanistan National Pride video for polio eradication.Polio program female worker request from parents to vaccinate their children during campaign days.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXyRxXiRhN4&feature=youtu.be Pashto language version with English subtitles of Afghanistan National Pride video for polio eradication.
Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic, UNICEF takes services closer to the children and women in Afghanistan
UNICEF takes services closer to the children and women in Afghanistan HELMAND, Afghanistan, June 6, 2020 – In a strategic move to…
Meet the courageous women ending polio in Afghanistan
Noora Awakar Mohammad was only sixteen years old when she started working as a volunteer for the Polio Programme in…
A female health worker monitors the polio vaccination campaign coverage
Zainab Abdi Usman is a midwife in Madina district in Banadir state in central Somalia. For the last twenty years,…
Two out of three wild poliovirus strains eradicated
“The achievement of polio eradication will be a milestone for global health. Commitment from partners and countries, coupled with innovation,…
“I have worked against all odds”Nasrin Ahmadi has been working with the polio programme since 2010.
Seven months since Afghanistan’s first COVID-19 case, women of the polio programme sustain the response. “I chose to continue to…
Global leaders pledge US$2.6 billion to eradicate polio at the Reaching the Last Mile Forum in Abu Dhabi
Today, global leaders convened at the Reaching the Last Mile (RLM) Forum in Abu Dhabi to affirm their commitment to…