Tuesday, October 19, 2021

House-to-house polio vaccination to resume in Afghanistan

Perhaps the new Taliban government in Afghanistan is not as stone age as often portrayed!

"The new Taliban government of Afghanistan has given the green light for house-to-house polio vaccination to resume across the entire country on 8 November.

The 18 October announcement is “huge,” says Hamid Jafari, who directs operations in the region for the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI). It will give the program access to 3.3 million Afghan children who have been out of reach for 3.5 years—and might bring the world closer to the ultimate goal of global polio eradication. ..."

House-to-house polio vaccination to resume in Afghanistan | Science | AAAS

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