UNICEF: Afghanistan is first country to use bivalent polio vaccine

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KABUL, Afghanistan, 17 December 2009 Sheila Noor, 18, is one of 21,000 health agents who were deployed by the Afghan Ministry of Public Health for a three-day immunization campaign using the bivalent polio vaccine this month.

By using bivalent polio vaccine children can be immunized against two types of polio virus with a single one-drop dose. Afghanistan is the first country worldwide to use the bivalent oral polio vaccine.

The new vaccine will allow us to save time and energy and reach, eventually, many more children, said Ms. Noor. We explain to every mother that this time a new vaccine is used that will protect their child even better. They appreciate it.

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• polio
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