The Ministry of Public Health announced that the polio vaccination campaign has begun in the provinces of Nangarhar, Kunar, Laghman and Nuristan in the east of the country.

The ministry announced that the seven-day polio vaccination campaign will begin in the east of the country on Saturday, August 30.
It is worth noting that both the polio vaccine and the smallpox vaccine are used in this campaign.

The campaign is being carried out in three phases and aims to protect children under 5 years of age from polio.