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…
Afghan women eradicating polio Dr Fariba, Provincial Polio Officer in Kabul
“I’ve been doing this job for over 13 years now. I’m married with two kids. I used to work in…
Monthly Snapshot as of August 2020
POLIOREPSPONSE 19-COVID In continued campaigns polio the of resumption Gradual Strict. spread polio of risk high at districts targeting, August…
Case Studies on East
Lessons Learnt Polio Afghanistan East Region Jul 2020 Afghanistan’s Eastern Region comprises of Nangarhar, Kunar, Laghman and Nuristan Provinces. Jalalabad,…
Amid COVID-19 Crisis, Polio Workers Aid Communities in Crisis
Herat, Afghanistan, 10 July 2020 – Amid the long-lasting conflict in Afghanistan, the recent COVID-19 outbreak has deepened the humanitarian crisis…