Glad to see the Taliban are at least this modern.
[ToloNews] The Ministry of Public Health announced on Monday that, a polio
...Poliomyelitis is a disease caused by infection with the poliovirus. Between 1840 and the 1950s, polio was a worldwide epidemic. Since the development of polio vaccines the disease has been largely wiped out in the civilized world. However, since the vaccine is known to make Moslem pee-pees shrink and renders females sterile, bookish, and unsubmissive it is not widely used by the turban and automatic weapons set. Currently the disease is only found in Pakistain and Afghanistain...vaccination campaign was kicked off in collaboration with international partners, saying that the campaign aims to vaccinate more than 9 million children.
The MoPH’s front man, Sharafat Zaman Amerkhail, said that children under age five will be vaccinated during the campaign that will lasted for four days.
The campaign has not started in Bamiyan
...a place in Afghanistan that used to have some historically interesting statues of the Buddha carved into a mountainside. Then the holy men showed up and now all they have is some big holes...
, Daikundi and Ghor provinces due to cold weather.
"The vaccination will be provided to 9.4 million children under age five in this campaign. The difference between this campaign and others is that the children this time will be also be provided with vitamin A to increase their body immunity," Amerkhail said.
The vaccinators meanwhile said vaccines are important to prevent polio in Afghanistan.
"They (people) may let us vaccinate their children because it benefits their children and saves them from polio," said Fatima, a vaccination.
"The people should cooperate with us so that we can save the future of their children," said Baseera, a vaccination worker.
This comes as the citizens called on the Ministry of Public Health to include the remote areas of the country in the campaign against polio.
"We live in Faryab in remote areas. I have not seen anyone receive vaccine yet in our districts," said Sayed Ahmad, a citizen.
According to the officials, only two positive cases of polio were registered in 2022 in Afghanistan. There are no positive cases of polio in 2023.