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2023-05-17 Afghanistan
Afghanistan Launches Anti-Polio Campaign in 23 Provinces
That’ll cause consternation among the gun-toting Luddites across the border in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
[KhaamaPress] The Ministry of Public Health announced the four-day 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 across 23 country provinces on Monday.

The campaign, which got underway on May 15, intends to immunize 6.4 million kids in 23 provinces.

The campaign came a day after the country reported the first case of the poliovirus of 2023, as it was detected in the eastern Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
province of Afghanistan.

According to the statement released by the Public health ministry, a four-year-old child has been identified as having a decrease in the province.

Compared to previous years, the cases of Polio have declined as the two cases were reported last year.

However,
Switzerland makes more than cheese...
the cases of Polio were more in 2020 as a total of 56 cases were reported. As a result, it would increase the chances of the disease’s recurrence.

Therefore, the Ministry of Public Health has also started a public awareness campaign to inform the masses about the value of vaccination in eradicating polio disease.

Meanwhile,
...back at the alley, Slats Chumbaloni was staring into a hole that was just .45 inch in diameter and was less than three feet from his heavily sweating face ...
the Ministry collaborates with international partners, including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations
...boodling on the grand scale...
Children’s Fund (UNICEF), to ensure the successful execution of the immunization campaign.

The Ministry has also urged parents to assist vaccine providers and ensure their children receive the shot.
Posted by trailing wife 2023-05-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11 views ]  Top
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#1 Gee, that could be done at the border!
Posted by Skidmark 2023-05-17 08:52||   2023-05-17 08:52|| Front Page Top

00:19 Raj









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