Through this series of photographs, meet religious leaders, health care workers, volunteer vaccinators, programme monitors and parents as they play their unique roles in protecting children across the country from polio.

Ensuring that no child is missed during polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan is essential to securing a polio-free future for its children, and children around the world. More than 65 000 people across the country are volunteering and working towards this goal, such as these supervisors who are transporting polio vaccines for an upcoming campaign to the remote districts and villages of Kunar province.

Photo gallery: people at the heart of polio eradication in Afghanistan