According to the United Nations children’s agency, some 67 million children around the world partially or completely missed routine vaccinations between 2019 and 2021 because of lockdowns and the disruption to healthcare caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The supplementary vaccination campaign and tuberculosis diagnosis for non-Iranian citizens and immigrants will be implemented simultaneously in Mashhad University of Medical Sciences from December 30.
On Saturday a nationwide measles vaccination campaign rolled out and hopes to reach at least seven million children.The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (IEA) Ministry of Public Health said.
The Afghan health officials on Monday launched an extended sub-national immunization campaign to give polio immunity vaccination dose to 8.5 million children under 5 years old, the Afghan Ministry of Public Health said Monday.
Government on Monday rolled out campaign to vaccinate 6.4 million children against polio. Vaccination teams will visit 6.4 million children under the age of five in 27 high-risk provinces, mainly in Kandahar and Nangarhar.