“The ministry of public health launched the fourth nationwide polio vaccination campaign aimed at vaccinating 9.9 million children under the age of five,” the ministry said in a statement posted on Facebook.
The latest campaign was launched in collaboration with the United Nations children agency (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO), according to the statement.
Children, aged between six months to five, will also receive vitamin (A) capsules during the campaign, it added.
UNICEF, or the U.N. fund for children, announced the start of the campaign in a Twitter post.
Today, 23 May, marks the start of another #polio vaccination drive across #Afghanistan, as well as a Vitamin A campaign.
Please do your part to get every #child vaccinated. #EndPolio #VaccinesWork pic.twitter.com/6O3iRRyIgm— UNICEF Afghanistan (@UNICEFAfg) May 23, 2022
Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan are the only two countries in the world where polio cases are reported every year.
Polio eradication campaign in Afghanistan and Pakistan is facing a range of challenges, including insecurity.
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