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ISAF PRT helps fight polio in Afghanistan

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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (26 March) - ISAF’s Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) at Kandahar has stepped up the fight against polio in Afghanistan by providing vaccinations to children at the Mirwais Hospital in Kandahar City. The campaign, funded in part by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), is focusing on some 7 million children across Afghanistan under the age of 5 in an attempt to eradicate polio, a disease that is highly contagious and can result in paralysis or death.

CIDA works out of the Kandahar PRT’s base at Camp Nathan Smith. “They fund numerous projects across Afghanistan as part of Canada’s approach to assist in providing a safe and secure environment in which Afghans can live peacefully,” said Squadron Leader David Marsh, Regional Command – South spokesman.


The Kandahar PRT consists of Canadian Forces members, a civilian police contingent led by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Correctional Services Canada, representatives of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade and the Canadian International Development Agency.


“The Kandahar PRT conducts coordinated interdepartmental operations to promote good governance, assists the Government of Afghanistan in extending its authority in the province of Kandahar, and facilitates the development of a stable, secure and self-sustaining environment for the people of Afghanistan,” said Squadron Leader Marsh.

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