Polio Eradication Activities under Health and Emergency Response Support

Provinces	Badghis, Baghlan, Balkh, Bamyan, Daikondi, Farah, Faryab, Ghazni, Ghor, Helmand, Herat, Jowzjan, Kabul, Kandahar, Kapisa, Khost, Konar, Kunduz, Laghman, Lowgar, Nangarhar, Nimruz, Nurestan, Paktia, Paktika, Panjshir, Parwan, Samangan, Sar-e Pol, Takhar, Uruzgan, Wardak, Zabul
Program	Health (Increasing access of women and children to quality basic health services)
Dates	-
Partner	United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
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In Afghanistan, routine immunization coverage is not sufficient to achieve and sustain polio eradication. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Polio Eradication Project is an ongoing project that utilizes UNICEF’s vaccine and immunization service delivery network to eradicate poliovirus in Afghanistan. With U.S. Government (USG) funds, UNICEF supports National Immunization Days and Sub-National Immunization Days as a joint effort with the Ministry of Public Health and World Health Organization. UNICEF supports the immunization service delivery operation, public information, social mobilization, and vaccine logistics, and provides other supplies.

In 2006, over seven million children were given Oral Polio Vaccine using a door-to-door vaccination strategy. In FY 07, the USG will fund door-to-door immunization service delivery. Based on the district plan, volunteers will be selected and trained and provided vaccines, supplies, and other resources. Teams will go from house to house giving the vaccine to eligible children. The estimated impact will be polio case reduction and limitation of wild polio virus circulation. This program receives an annual allocation of funding to a USAID/Washington-funded program.

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