Afghanistan launches polio vaccination targeting 9.1 mln children

Source: Xinhua| 2020-01-28 11:42:56|Editor: huaxia

A health worker gives polio vaccination dose to a child during a vaccination campaign in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, on Jan. 27, 2020. (Photo by Sayed Mominzadah/Xinhua)

GHAZNI, Afghanistan, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Afghan Public Health Ministry launched a nationwide campaign on Monday to give polio vaccination dose to 9.1 million children under the age of five, the ministry said in a statement.

A health worker gives polio vaccination dose to a child during a vaccination campaign in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, on Jan. 27, 2020. (Photo by Sayed Mominzadah/Xinhua)

A health worker gives polio vaccination dose to a child during a vaccination campaign in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, on Jan. 27, 2020. (Photo by Sayed Mominzadah/Xinhua)

A health worker gives polio vaccination dose to a child during a vaccination campaign in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, on Jan. 27, 2020. (Photo by Sayed Mominzadah/Xinhua)

A health worker gives polio vaccination dose to a child during a vaccination campaign in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, on Jan. 27, 2020. (Photo by Sayed Mominzadah/Xinhua)

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