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UNICEF targets over 1 million Afghan children for immunization.(Brief Article)
2002 SEP 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) recently wrapped up a drive to immunize over 1 million youngsters in Afghanistan against the crippling polio virus.
The campaign, which involved more than 6500 vaccinators aiming to reach around 1.2 million children under the age of 5 across the Southern, Southeastern and Eastern regions of Afghanistan, is part of a nationwide effort that began in April, UNICEF spokesman Eddie Carwardine told reporters in Kabul.
The current round is being synchronized with a similar exercise in Pakistan "to ensure good coverage of the border regions, which are high-risk areas for cross-border transmission of the virus," he added, noting that Afghanistan's two confirmed polio cases this year were in Nangahar and Helmand provinces, where the virus was likely to have been imported from Pakistan. Last year, Afghanistan reported 11 cases, also ...
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