In an effort to eradicate polio and boost health measures for children in Afghanistan, the Taliban government agreed to restart a door-to-door vaccination program next month and will allow women to be frontline workers in the drive.
The announcement by the United Nations Children Fund is a breakthrough in a country that has been called world s polio capital, a place where vaccinators faced the twin challenges of a lack of access to patients and deadly violence.
The five-day campaign to distribute polio vaccine, given in two doses orally and in multiple doses, will begin on Nov. 8, according to officials. O. eastern Mediterranean region.
How to prevent more than 3.3 million children, according to the statement announcing the drive, had previously remained inaccessible to vaccination campaigns. Infants that are 6 months to 59 months old will also be given vitamin A supplements during the campaign, officials said.