Polio
More than 85 million children under five years old will be immunized against polio in 19 countries across West and Central Africa in a massive cooperation aimed at stopping a year-long polio epidemic the World Health Organization announced.
85 million children to be immunized across 19 countries
Bivalent polio vaccine introduced in Delhi, U.P.
Polio
NEW DELHI — Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Feb. 7 launched the bivalent oral vaccine against polio in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh states to mark India’s national immunization day, The Hindu reported.
WHO says 13 districts in Afghanistan critical for polio eradication
World Health Organization
Successful anti-polio action depends on vaccinators being able to reach and immunize every child under 5 years old in 13 volatile districts in the southern provinces of Kandahar, Helmand and Farah.
Afghanistan first in world to use new vaccine against polio
Polio
KABUL — A new vaccine against polio will be used for the first time Dec. 15 in polio immunization campaigns in Afghanistan, according to the World Health Organization.
National polio vaccinations under way in Chad
Polio
GOZ BEIDA, Chad —A three-day nationwide polio vaccination campaign began Oct. 30 throughout Chad, including in the east where according to the World Health Organization the rate of routine immunizations is among the weakest nationwide, IRIN news reported.
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