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Afghanistan faces raging measles outbreak

At least 74 children have died following an outbreak of measles in Afghanistan’s northern province of Badakhshan, a provincial official said on 6. Feb 2022. Most of the children who lost their lives were living in...

15 February, 2022

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Polio vaccination programs not reaching enough children in Afghanistan and Pakistan

New, more effective vaccines are struggling to have an impact in the drive to eradicate polio in Afghanistan and Pakistan because not enough children are being vaccinated, according to a study published in the Lancet...

5 July, 2012

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How polio can be a global emergency when cases are at an all-time low

On Friday, the World Health Assembly, the governing body of the World Health Organization, voted that polio represents a global emergency at the very point at which cases of the deadly, paralysis-causing virus are at an...

28 May, 2012

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Muslim leaders enlisted to help stamp out polio

The last three countries where polio is still paralyzing children – Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria – said on Thursday that they have enlisted Muslim women and religious leaders to allay fears of...

25 May, 2012

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UN urges measles vaccinations for all Afghan children

The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling on all Afghans to vaccinate their children after a measles outbreak was made worse by severe weather that hampered access to immediate treatment as well as low immunization...

24 February, 2012

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Volatile Kandahar – the polio capital

Eliminated in the relatively secure northern and central provinces, polio persists in the insecure southern and eastern provinces,

15 April, 2011

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Afghanistan faces raging measles outbreak

Polio vaccination programs not reaching enough children in Afghanistan and Pakistan

How polio can be a global emergency when cases are at an all-time low

Muslim leaders enlisted to help stamp out polio

UN urges measles vaccinations for all Afghan children

Volatile Kandahar – the polio capital