Indonesia delivers 10 million polio vaccine doses to aid Afghanis

The Indonesian government announced Friday the donation of 10 million doses of the bOPV polio vaccine to Afghanistan, Amu TV reported yesterday.

The delivery was made in response to an appeal for the dire humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, where the UN World Food Programme estimates 23.7 million people need humanitarian aid and the country’s health system struggles to combat infectious diseases, including polio.

Indonesian health authorities have expressed gratitude to all parties involved in the initiative, especially UNICEF, noting it would support Afghanistan’s vaccination efforts targeting 3.3 million children under three years old.