Women on the Frontlines of Polio Eradication
Meet some of the hard-working women on the frontlines of polio eradication efforts.
Polio vaccinators check a household for all children under the age of 5 in a village in Bamyan, Afghanistan, to ensure everyone is vaccinated.
A vaccinator marks a door in Ravi Town, Lahore, Pakistan, after vaccinating children against polio during a National Immunization Days campaign.
Volunteer community mobilizers sensitize communities in northern Nigeria about polio vaccination and routine immunization as well as antenatal care, hygiene, and nutrition.
An all-female vaccination team mark a child’s finger after vaccinating him during a polio campaign in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan.
Polio vaccinators cross the Indus River to vaccinate children in the Shikarpur district of Sindh, Pakistan.
Samima marks a door after vaccinating all the children in the house during a polio immunization campaign in Zargaran, Bamyan province in central Afghanistan.
A volunteer social mobilizer marks a child’s finger after vaccination in Sokoto, Nigeria.
Female vaccinators in Kandahar, Afghanistan, mark the number of vaccinated children on a tally sheet and register book to ensure no child is missed.
A social mobilizer conducts a polio awareness session for students in a girls’ school in Quetta, Pakistan.
Sakina works as a cluster supervisor in Bamyan province, Afghanistan.
A woman marks a child’s finger with indelible ink after vaccinating her in a flooded village in Sindh, Pakistan.
Tahera vaccinates a child during the first day of a National Immunization Days polio campaign in Bamyan, Afghanistan.
Women climb up a hill in Kaghan valley, Mansehra district, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, to bring vaccines to children’s doorsteps in remote areas.
Women have just visited a house to vaccinate children against polio in Sokoto State, Nigeria.
Lemah has worked as a vaccinator for 6 years and now leads an all-female vaccinator team in Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan.
A woman vaccinates a child against polio in the Kaghan Valley, Pakistan.
Elina prepares the inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) to administer to Maryam, a 3-year-old Afghan refugee returning from Pakistan.
During a door-to-door national polio campaign, a polio worker vaccinates a young girl in Drrimiann Goth Village in Hyderabad District, Sindh Province, Pakistan.
Women vaccinate school children in Balakot, Manshera district in Pakistan, during a polio campaign.
Khalida Nasreen supervises polio teams in Orangi Town, Karachi, Pakistan.
Nafisa administers the oral polio vaccine to 3-year-old Sara during Sub-National Immunization Days in Kabul.
A woman vaccinates a child inside his house during a polio immunization campaign in Karachi, Pakistan.
A woman marks a child’s finger with indelible ink as a sign that he has just been vaccinated against polio in Sokoto North, Nigeria.
Saheeb Jaan, a shrinekeeper in Bamyan province in Afghanistan, has been a volunteer reporter for acute flaccid paralysis (AFP), a major indicator for polio, for the past 8 years. The hard work of AFP reporters like her ensures that the poliovirus is continuously tracked and every case of polio is found.
Women preparing to conduct a door-to-door national polio campaign near Drrimiann goth village in Hyderabad district, Sindh Province, Pakistan.
Nasima Rajabi works as a nurse in a children’s hospital in Balkh province, Afghanistan. As an acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) reporting volunteer, she checks and reports all children with signs of flaccid paralysis with sudden onset.
A short video-chat with Senator Ayesha Raza Farooq, Prime Minister’s Focal Person on Polio Eradication in Pakistan, on the prospects of eradicating polio in the country.
