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WHO Regional Director inaugurates training and care centre, 18 July 2012
Dr Ala Alwan, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, inaugurating the training and care centre for severe acute malnutrition treatment at the Indira Gandhi Child Institute26 July 2012 – Dr Ala Alwan, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, visited Afghanistan from 24 to 25 July. He was accompanied by Dr Bruce Aylward, WHO...
Measles–polio campaign in Afghanistan reaches 5.6 million children
About 27 000 health workers, volunteers and community mobilizers fanned out across 17 provinces of Afghanistan in a drive to eradicate measles and polio from the country under a WHO/UNICEF-supported government campaign10 July 2012 – WHO supported the preparation and launch of a vaccination campaign drive integrating both measles and polio...
Cholera outbreak in Nangarhar, 11 October 2011
11 October 2011 – An outbreak of cholera was reported from Ghanikhil in the Shinwar district, Nangarhar, on 11 October 2011. A DEWS focal point in Ghanikhil reported 17 cases of acute watery diarrhoea admitted to hospital. Samples from three admitted cases were positive for Vibrio cholerae serotype Ogawa. No deaths were reported. Stream and open well...
World Vaccination Week 2012
A man taking his daughter to receive a polio vaccination during the conducting of a national immunization day in Afghanistan29 April 2012 – World Vaccination Week was celebrated in Kabul on 29 April 2012 in the presence of Dr Suraya Dalil, Minister of Public Health of Afghanistan, Mr Sediq Patman, Deputy Minister of Education, Peter Crowley,...
Global Fund submission process
The Global Fund provides funding for practical health initiativeThe Global Fund to Fights AIDs, TB and Malaria is a multi-billion dollar international financing mechanism intended to help advance the fight against AIDs, tuberculosis and malaria by dramatically increasing the availability of funding for practical health initiatives. Funded...
