Kabul sees 1st polio box in 13 years

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An Afghan health workman administers a polio vaccination to a child in Nangarhar range on Jan 26, 2014.

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) — A 3-year-old lady in Afghanistan has been diagnosed with a initial box of polio in a country’s collateral in 13 years, a Afghan Health Ministry said.

Ministry orator Kaneshka Turkistani this is Kabul’s initial polio box given 2001. He pronounced a Health Ministry has started an anti-polio vaccine debate in Kabul.


2013: Treating polio in Afghanistan

So distant this year, dual polio cases have been purebred national with a Afghan Health Ministry. Last year, 14 polio cases were registered.

Polio is a rarely spreading viral illness that can means permanent stoppage in only hours. It has been eradicated around a universe solely for only a handful of countries. In further to Afghanistan, polio is still autochthonous in Pakistan and Nigeria.

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CNN’s Saima Mohsin contributed to this report.


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