Afghanistan targets eight million children in final polio drive

Afghanistan is set to immunise up to eight million children under the age of five in its final polio vaccination campaign for the year.

Afghanistan is set to immunise up to eight million children under the age of five in its final polio vaccination campaign for the year.

The campaign, the sixth and last for 2009, will take place on November 15th, costing around $4 million which will be funded by UN agencies, Rotary International and other donors,...

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