Until it was blocked, leaving about 170,000 children in Kunduz province without inoculations, the scheme had almost eradicated the disabling viral disease in Afghanistan. When the girl in Kunduz’s Dasht-e-Archi district became the third child this year diagnosed with polio, Taliban commanders relented. Pakistan and Afghanistan join forces to wipe out polio Read moreLocal commanders have long been the main obstacle to polio vaccinators in Kunduz. “Our community engagement in Afghanistan and Pakistan is as good as it’s ever been,” said Christopher Maher, the organisation’s polio eradication manager. Last year, two children in Nigeria were paralysed by polio after more than two years without a case in the country.

Source: The Guardian April 10, 2017 06:00 UTC