The Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan …
WEB4 days ago · DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, the U.N. said Monday. It’s a devastating setback for polio eradication, since the virus is one of the world’s most infectious and any unvaccinated groups of children where the virus is spreading could undo years of progress.
Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan…
WEB4 days ago · September 16, 2024, 2:56 AM. 1:01. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- The Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, the U.N. said Monday. Afghanistan is one of two countries ...
'Very Worrying': Afghanistan's Long Battle To Eradicate Polio …
WEB2 days ago · Afghanistan's decadeslong fight to eradicate the crippling polio virus has suffered a new blow after the Taliban suspended a national vaccination campaign. The hard-line Islamist group informed UN ...
'Very Worrying': Afghanistan's Long Battle To Eradicate Polio …
WEB2 days ago · The WHO has confirmed 18 polio cases in Afghanistan this year, up from six cases in 2023, and had announced a sweeping anti-polio drive for September. ... The news has worried Afghans living in ...
UN: Taliban suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan | PBS News
WEB4 days ago · World Sep 16, 2024 10:07 AM EDT. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, the U.N. said Monday. It’s a devastating setback for ...
Statement of the Thirty-ninth Meeting of the Polio IHR Emergency …
WEBAug 13, 2024 · The committee noted the conclusion of recently held meeting of the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on polio eradication in Afghanistan and Pakistan that despite overall progress, endemic transmission has been re-established in the historic reservoirs of Kandahar (Afghanistan) and Peshawar (Pakistan) and there is risk of its re-establishment in ...
The Taliban Have Suspended Polio Vaccination Campaigns in Afghanistan …
WEB4 days ago · “The Global Polio Eradication Initiative is aware of the recent policy discussions on shifting from house-to-house polio vaccination campaigns to site-to-site vaccination in parts of Afghanistan ...
Afghanistan: Taliban suspends polio vaccination campaigns UN ... - CTV News
WEB4 days ago · "Afghanistan is the only neighbor from where Afghan people in large numbers come to Pakistan and then go back," said Haq, the coordinator at the National Emergency Operation Center for Polio ...
Afghanistan polio: UN plans nationwide vaccine campaign - BBC
WEBOct 18, 2021 · The UN has announced a nationwide polio immunisation campaign in Afghanistan for the first time in many years. Children's agency Unicef said they had the full support of the Taliban for the...
Polio's last stand: The global fight for eradication - Medical Xpress
WEB1 day ago · The global public health community now has one primary task: to eliminate polio in these last few strongholds and get rid of the final 0.1% of polio cases to be polio-free worldwide. Although the ...