The Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan …
WEB3 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.
UN: Taliban suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan | PBS News
WEB3 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 ...
Taliban Denies Suspending Or Stopping Anti-Polio Campaign
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 ...
Taliban Suspend Polio Vaccination Campaigns - Newsweek
WEB3 days ago · FOLLOW. 0. The Taliban has suspended polio vaccination campaigns across Afghanistan, the United Nations announced Monday. News of the suspension was relayed to U.N. agencies right before the ...
Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan…
WEB3 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 ...
The Taliban Have Suspended Polio Vaccination Campaigns in Afghanistan …
WEB3 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
WEB3 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 ...
Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication — Afghanistan, …
WEBSep 21, 2023 · Since 2017, Afghanistan and Pakistan remain the only countries with uninterrupted endemic WPV type 1 (WPV1) transmission. This report describes activities and progress toward polio eradication in Afghanistan during January 2022–June 2023.
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...