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Ethiopia vaccinates 5.8 million under-five children against polio

A four-day polio campaign has been conducted house to house to…
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Countries gear-up to kick all forms of polio out of Africa, once and for all

Countries gear-up to kick all forms of polio out of Africa, once and for all

Brazzaville – To rapidly and sustainably stop outbreaks of…
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H. E. President George M. Weah cuts ribbon of the National Polio ECO during the commissioning program in Monrovia

Liberia Commissions First National Polio Emergency Operations Center (EOC)

5th February 2021, Monrovia: To Stop the spread of circulating…
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Polio

Ethiopia conducts polio vaccination campaigns to ensure the country remains polio free

In November 2020, Ethiopia conducted an oral polio vaccination…
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Sierra Leone investigates isolation of poliovirus type 2

Freetown - 14 December 2020 - The Ministry of Health and Sanitation…
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Over 3.3 million children vaccinated in Chad in large-scale polio campaign

Over 3.3 million children vaccinated in Chad in large-scale polio campaign

N’Djamena – More than 3.3 million children have been vaccinated…
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Reinforcing key health services amid COVID-19

Reinforcing key health services amid COVID-19

Accra – Thousands of vaccinators fanned through villages and towns…
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Polio vaccination

WHO urges government to ensure that stopping Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Virus (cVDPV) remains an urgent priority for the National Polio programme

The World Polio Day was commemorated in Zambia on 23 October 2020…
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#Endpolio

WHO, UNICEF and ROTARY reaffirm their commitment to sustain Africa’s polio-free status by ensuring Ethiopia stays polio-free

                                               Joint WHO-UNICEF-…
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By foot, boat and bicycle, thousands of volunteer vaccinators in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) go to extraordinary efforts, sometimes at personal risk, to help eradicate polio.

DRC: The great lengths that polio vaccinators go to reach every last child

By foot, boat and bicycle, thousands of volunteer vaccinators in the…
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