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KABUL (PAN): A countrywide anti-polio campaign targeting millions of children was launched Sunday simultaneously in several dense populated Afghan provinces.
In Nangarhar, governor Gul Agha Sherzai launched the vaccination campaign by administering polio drops to a child.
Speaking to Pajhwok Afghan News, Nangarhar Public Health Director, Dr. Ajmal Pardes said a total of 5,000 workers had been assigned the task to carry out the campaign in the eastern zone.
He said the drive was being carried forward in cooperation with UNICEF, World Health Organisation and the Rotary International.
Sherzai thanked the international community for supporting the government in carrying forward the anti-polio drive. He urged religious scholars and tribal elders to cooperate with the government to eradicate the polio from the country.
The campaign was also launched the same day in four other southern provinces, including Kandahar, Helmand, Uruzgan and Zabul.
Kandahar Public Health Director Abdul Qayum Pukhla said around one million children in the southern zone would be administered anti-polio drops during the campaign.
About the areas where the Taliban are in control, he said they did not face any problems there. He said five polio cases were surfaced in Helmand and one in Zabul since the beginning of the current year. He said three of those were reported from Nadali, one from Bust, one from Sangin and another from Mizan district of Zabul.
On the other hand, The United Nations Secretary General's Deputy Special Representative (Political) for Afghanistan Martin Kobler met with Kandahar governor.
He said the UN would continue its efforts to overcome polio disease in the province through launching anti-polio campaigns. A few days ago, the UN pulled out its 200 foreign workers from Kandahar sending them to Kabul due to the worsening security situation there.
In the same token, the anti-polio campaign was also launched in Lashkargah, capital of Helmand, where a gathering was held in the Bust hospital. The meeting was attended by government officials and health workers.
Dr. Abdul Hazim, the in charge of the meeting, said the drive was launched all over the province, excluding some parts in Nauzad and Marja, with the assistance of local elders and religious scholars. He said around 5,000 children would be administered anti-polio drops during the campaign.
A similar campaign was launched in Kunduz province the same day. Director of the Public Health Department Azizullah Safar said more than 200,000 children would be given polio drops. The Health Ministry officials said there were around eight million children below the age of five years in the country.
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In Nangarhar, governor Gul Agha Sherzai launched the vaccination campaign by administering polio drops to a child.
Speaking to Pajhwok Afghan News, Nangarhar Public Health Director, Dr. Ajmal Pardes said a total of 5,000 workers had been assigned the task to carry out the campaign in the eastern zone.
He said the drive was being carried forward in cooperation with UNICEF, World Health Organisation and the Rotary International.
Sherzai thanked the international community for supporting the government in carrying forward the anti-polio drive. He urged religious scholars and tribal elders to cooperate with the government to eradicate the polio from the country.
The campaign was also launched the same day in four other southern provinces, including Kandahar, Helmand, Uruzgan and Zabul.
Kandahar Public Health Director Abdul Qayum Pukhla said around one million children in the southern zone would be administered anti-polio drops during the campaign.
About the areas where the Taliban are in control, he said they did not face any problems there. He said five polio cases were surfaced in Helmand and one in Zabul since the beginning of the current year. He said three of those were reported from Nadali, one from Bust, one from Sangin and another from Mizan district of Zabul.
On the other hand, The United Nations Secretary General's Deputy Special Representative (Political) for Afghanistan Martin Kobler met with Kandahar governor.
He said the UN would continue its efforts to overcome polio disease in the province through launching anti-polio campaigns. A few days ago, the UN pulled out its 200 foreign workers from Kandahar sending them to Kabul due to the worsening security situation there.
In the same token, the anti-polio campaign was also launched in Lashkargah, capital of Helmand, where a gathering was held in the Bust hospital. The meeting was attended by government officials and health workers.
Dr. Abdul Hazim, the in charge of the meeting, said the drive was launched all over the province, excluding some parts in Nauzad and Marja, with the assistance of local elders and religious scholars. He said around 5,000 children would be administered anti-polio drops during the campaign.
A similar campaign was launched in Kunduz province the same day. Director of the Public Health Department Azizullah Safar said more than 200,000 children would be given polio drops. The Health Ministry officials said there were around eight million children below the age of five years in the country.
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