Cross Border Communication Southern Region Afghanistan

PEI Communication Review

Kabul, Afghanistan

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Number Villages & target Population with Districts

Cross-border Coordination Paksitan-Afghansitan

• Western border• Friendship Gate• Pakistan (Chaman, UC Mahmoodabad)

– Villages: 7– Tartet Pop: 1,629

• Afghanistan (Spinboldak)

– Villages: 20– Target Pop: 2,120

Families crossing Pak-Afg border.

Each Child crossing the border point is vaccinated by teams.

Friendship Gate Spinboldak

Average 400-450 Children are vaccinated each day by Afghansitan teams

PEI Visibility at Friendship Gate

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1-11 month 12-59 months total

Jnuary-07 friendship gate-A-B 1 2 167 822 989

February--07 friendship gate-A-B 1 2 391 1148 1539

March--07 friendship gate-A-B 2 2 195 1499 1694

April-07 friendship gate-A-B 2 2 1435 5574 7009

May-07 friendship gate-A-B 2 2 1429 5309 6738

Jun-07 friendship gate-A-B 2 2 2095 4171 6266

July-07 Friendship gate A-B 2 2 3587 8162 11749

Aug -07 friendship gate-A-B 2 2 4120 14651 18771

Meetings of Community elders, notables, CHWs and Imams at Spin Boldak

Activities Cross border Communication • Weekly communication between teams of Southern

region and Balochistan team. Sharing weekly update information

• Sharing of communication plans 10 days before each round. List of Key influential (religious and opinion leaders, teachers) on both side of border is shared

• Improving visibility of cross border vaccination points

• Sharing of campaign monitoring plans on both sides of border

• Contacting some of religious leaders living across the border to convince their followers in part of Hilmand

• Regular Quarterly cross border meetings

Future Plan

• Joint communication plan including involvement of mass media personnel from both sides

• Social Mapping of key influencers living along both sides of border

• Meeting of Health Ministers of both countries at Friendship Gate border