Haji’s Joy after realizing the importance of vaccination
52-year-old Haji Karam Khan proudly displays his daughter’s little marked finger after she got vaccinated against polio at High Chooghkah…
Fozia’s Efforts to Improve the Health of Women and Children in Afghanistan
HELMAND, Afghanistan 18 July 2022 – 25-year-old Fozia is a trained midwife, who works at Nawa Chalakh health facility in…
Children are taking vaccination into their own hands
The National Polio Campaign started with a lot of anxiety among the community members and partners after the death of…
Razia’s passion to eradicate polio in Afghanistan
Razia’s passion to eradicate polio in Afghanistan
Striving to protect every child in Afghanistan against polio in the middle of a humanitarian emergency
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan 25 January 2022 – Seven-year-old Amidah walked fearlessly through the traffic-thronged streets of Kandahar to bring her four-year-old…
A father story with paralyzed son
A group of young girls, paralyzed by polio disease in their early stages of life have join forces to fight the virus by creating awareness through basketball games in Herat province, western Afghanistan. The group composed of 15 wheelchaired basketball players have participated in a series of games with one goal – to encourage the community to vaccinate their children.
“All the work I do with communities on polio I do for my daughter”
Story of Hira, polio community engagement consultant in south region of Afghanistan The yellow taxi drives slowly on an unpaved…
Trekking through the snow to deliver vaccines
20 December 2020 – Vaccinators tackle winter conditions and challenging contexts during Afghanistan’s last polio campaign of the year. On…
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.…
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…