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Afghanistan’s Ministry of Public Health reported on 6 October that officials from the Kunar Public Health Directorate laid the foundation stone for an Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) building. The ministry said UNICEF is providing AFN 15.9 million in financial support.

The ministry said the planned building is intended to improve coordination of EPI activities, provide appropriate vaccine-storage facilities and support health programmes. The report gave no construction schedule or capacity figures; it records the start of construction rather than completed services.