The Ministry of Public Health of the Islamic Emirate announced that the sixth new positive case of polio or children's paralysis has been registered in Afghanistan.

This Monday, polio vaccination teams will visit 6.4 million children under the age of five in 27 high-risk provinces, mainly in Kandahar and Nangarhar. This follows several new cases in both regions. Last week, a 14-month-old boy from Loyawala was confirmed to have polio and will be permanently paralysed. This is the 14th case in Afghanistan, and the ...

Today the Ministry of Public Health of Afghanistan, together with UNICEF and WHO, is launching the first national campaign for polio eradication in 2018. Over the next five days, around 9.9 million children under the age of five will be vaccinated against polio in all provinces of Afghanistan