The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) has approved over US$4.7 million in emergency funding to deliver HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria services to the 1.3 million Afghans who have been living in Pakistan who must now return to their country in the coming year.
By Gullalai Achekzai, Dr Alema, Mohammad Haneef Atmar, Kobra Dehqan, Nisar Ahmad Ghoriani, Mohammad Shakir Kargar, Ruqia Nayel, Najiba Quraishi, Dr Mobarez Rashidi, Mohammad Aleem Saaie, Dr Mohammad Jalil Shams, Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai, Farukh Leqa Unchizada, Dr Mohammad Qasim Wafayezada, and Sharifa Zurmati.
Within Afghanistan’s borders, a witch’s brew of terrorist and insurgent groups is metastasizing, and the situation is beginning to feel eerily similar to the pre-9/11 era.
"Understanding how gender norms, roles, and cultural restrictions influence access to immunization is critically important for addressing issues related to global vaccine inequity and is a key component of polio eradication." Integrating gender into routine immunisation services goes beyond ensuring equal vaccination coverage for girls and boys.