Polio vaccination campaigns restart in Afghanistan and Pakistan after COVID-19 hiatus

Polio vaccinations campaigns have resumed in Afghanistan and Pakistan, months after having been severely disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.

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Millions of Afghan children inoculated against measles, polio in 1st Statewide drive since 2021 transition

22 Dec 2022

Millions of Afghan children have been vaccinated during the first nationwide integrated measles and polio campaign in Afghanistan since the Taliban took power in August 2021, the UN health agency said on Thursday.

Pakistan: 10 million deprived of safe drinking water in flood-affected areas

21 Mar 2023

Six months after catastrophic floods struck Pakistan, more than 10 million people, including children, still lack access to safe drinking water, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.

UN condemns brutal killing of eight polio workers in Afghanistan

24 Feb 2022

The United Nations has condemned the killing of eight polio vaccination workers in four locations in northern Afghanistan on Thursday, the first such attacks since nationwide immunization campaigns resumed last November.