The U.N. says the Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan.
Read full article: Trump was the target of an apparent assassination attempt at his Florida golf club, the FBI says27 advisories in effect for 5 regions in the area9 hours agoKings Head British Pub closes after over 30 yearsFILE - Shabana Maani, gives a polio vaccination to a child in the old part of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, March 29, 2021. – The Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, the U.N. said Monday.News of the suspension was relayed to U.N.
“The Global Polio Eradication Initiative is aware of the recent policy discussions on shifting from house-to-house polio vaccination campaigns to site-to-site vaccination in parts of Afghanistan,” said Dr. Hamid Jafari from the WHO. “Partners are in the process of discussing and understanding the scope and impact of any change in current policy.”The suspension of the September campaign is a blow for the eradication of polio in Afghanistan.
But southern Kandahar province, the base of Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, used site-to-site or mosque-to-mosque vaccination campaigns, which are less effective than going to people’s homes.
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