Kabul 30 October – A national immunization day polio vaccination campaign was inaugurated this week in Afghanistan by the country’s Vice President, Mr Mohammad Sarwar Danish, in a ceremony attended by Ministry of Public Health officials, UN partners and donor agencies. This week’s campaign marks the fourth round of national polio vaccination campaigns this year.
The campaign targeted 8.9 million children under the age of five for vaccination against polio in all of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces. Vitamin A was also given to children aged between six months and five years.