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…
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…
MoPH condemns the senseless killing of the polio workers in Kunduz and Takhar provinces
Yesterday, eight polio workers, four of them women, were killed by unknown gunmen in separate attacks in in Kunduz and…
Eradicating polio isn’t an easy task
PAKTIA, Afghanistan 20th December 2021- On the snowy mountainous ranges of Paktia Province, southeast of Afghanistan, polio workers Qari Samiullah…
First polio vaccination campaign for 2022 underway
The first national polio immunization campaign for 2022 begins thisweek, 17-20 January 2022 targeting 9.9 million children aged 0–59 months…
Technical Advisory Group convenes to review the Afghanistan polio program
Afghanistan, Kabul: 22 March 2021 – The Technical Advisory Group (TAG) met to review and discuss polio eradication progress in Afghanistan.…