No new Wild Polio paralysis cases reported this week. We are now 6 weeks since the most recent report of a child being paralyzed by the Wild Polio Virus in Pakistan.Kabul [Afghanistan], July 21 - The Ministry of Public Health has launched a nationwide polio vaccination campaign targeting 7.3 million children across 19 provinces of Afghanistan.
The four-day campaign, which commenced on Monday, will cover 187 districts.
The four-day campaign, which commenced on Monday, will cover 187 districts.
Vaccination teams have spread throughout the streets, alleyways, and neighbourhoods of Kabul and other provinces, working to immunize children against the debilitating disease.
Noor Hussain, one of the vaccinators, shared his experience of the day’s efforts: “I started my work at 7 a.m. The public’s cooperation in bringing their children for vaccination was truly commendable.”
As the vaccination campaign continues, residents in Kabul have called for the expansion of such initiatives to combat polio effectively.
Noor Hussain, one of the vaccinators, shared his experience of the day’s efforts: “I started my work at 7 a.m. The public’s cooperation in bringing their children for vaccination was truly commendable.”
As the vaccination campaign continues, residents in Kabul have called for the expansion of such initiatives to combat polio effectively.
12 July 2025, Aden, Yemen – A new round of polio vaccination for children begins this week in Government of Yemen-controlled areas. The 3-day campaign, running from 12 to 14 July 2025, aims to boost population immunity in high-risk areas and prevent further spread of the virus by administering novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2) to more than 1.3 million children in 120 districts across 12 governorates. The intervention comes in response to cases in the community and the continued confirmed circulation of variant type 2 poliovirus (cVDPV2) in environmental samples.