Uganda's Ministry of Health has completed the polio immunization targeting 2.7 million children under five in the eastern part of the country after the virus outbreak was detected there in May
A large-scale vaccination campaign to fight a polio outbreak in the Gaza Strip is set to begin on September 1, announced the World Health Organisation (WHO) representative for the occupied Palestinian territories on Friday.
Delaying a humanitarian pause in the Gaza Strip increases the risk of polio spreading among children, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has warned.
According to an official from the Ministry of National Health Services, the latest case also belonged to Mir Ali.
The government has urged all parents to get their children less than five years of age, vaccinated against Polio.
A statement by the Ministry of Health said the vaccination will be conducted after neighbouring Malawi reported an outbreak of the disease on February 17 when a three-year-old child was diagnosed, reports Xinhua news agency.
One thing that COVID-19 has taught everyone is that a virulent virus can travel swiftly across geographies, which is why India must guard its hard-earned immunity against polio as stringently as possible.
The campaign will be the first in over three years to reach all children in Afghanistan, including more than 3.3 million kids in parts of the country who have "previously remained inaccessible to vaccination campaigns"
The battle against polio, which was joined in 1988 with the WHO, UNICEF and Rotary coming together, has several lessons to offer. At that time, there were as many as 350,000 cases worldwide
President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday said clubfoot has to be defeated “like a mission” on the lines of polio…
