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Mozambique confirms wild poliovirus case

Mozambique confirms wild poliovirus case

Brazzaville/Maputo – Health authorities in Mozambique today declared…
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Vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks on the rise in Africa

Vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks on the rise in Africa

Brazzaville – Africa is witnessing a surge in outbreaks of vaccine-…
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Fatunmobi Christiana

Gender-responsive support from Nigeria’s polio eradication programme to tackle COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy 

Ibadan, 27 April 2022 - Fatunmobi Christiana, a nursing officer with…
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Second Round Polio Vaccination Begins in Malawi

25 April 2022 Lilongwe – Malawi launches the second of four…
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the 2nd round #polio vaccination campaign

Ethiopia kicks off the second-round polio campaign with the new tool “nOPV2 vaccine” to tackle an ongoing polio outbreak

17 April 2022, Addis Ababa –On 15 April 2022, Ethiopia kicked off the…
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Malawi launches the first round of vaccination campaign against wild poliovirus type 1

Malawi launches the first round of vaccination campaign against wild poliovirus type 1

Lilongwe, 21 March 2022– Malawi has launched the first round of…
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More than 80 million doses to be administered to southern African children targeted in mass polio vaccination drives

More than 80 million doses to be administered to southern African children targeted in mass polio vaccination drives

Brazzaville/Lilongwe – Malawi will on Sunday launch the first round…
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Malawi intensifies response after wild poliovirus detected

Malawi intensifies response after wild poliovirus detected

Lilongwe – Polio emergency response teams in Malawi are ramping up…
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Malawi declares polio outbreak

Brazzaville/Lilongwe – The health authorities in Malawi have declared…
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Ms Teopista's son receives his Oral Polio Vaccine drops from the Minister of State in Charge of General Duties Hon. Hanifah Kawooya at the vaccination campaign launch

Children Under the Age of Five in Uganda set to benefit from the Nationwide House-to-House Polio Immunization Campaign

Ms Teopista is a mother of two little boys and a girl, all eligible…
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