8.9 Million Afghan Children Reached in New Measles Drive amid Health Crisis

KABUL — The UN announced Thursday that nearly 9 million children aged six months to ten years were vaccinated in the first phase of a nationwide measles campaign, health officials said, covering 17 provinces across the country’s colder regions.

The drive was led by the National Expanded Programme on Immunization (NEPI) in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.