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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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WHO Polio Consultant, Mr Constant Dedo training a newly recruited officer on environmental sample collection procedures at a sample collection site, Gammams Water Care, Windhoek

Polio Surveillance in Namibia

Namibia was certified polio free since October 2008 and had continued…
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Dr. Walter Kazadi Mulombo at the commissioning of 48 solar panels at the polio laboratory.

WHO delivers solar panels to accredited polio laboratory in Borno State

 Maiduguri, 12 November, 2021 - In Maiduguri, Borno state, the…
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Mobile cash in polio response: three things to know

Mobile cash in polio response: three things to know

Brazzaville – In 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional…
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Pursuing the endgame: novel polio vaccine rollout in Africa

Pursuing the endgame: novel polio vaccine rollout in Africa

Brazzaville – In November 2020, the novel Oral Polio Vaccine type 2 (…
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Vaccinators in Addis Ababa going house to house to administer nOPV2 vaccine to under-five children

Ethiopia launches the first ever nOPV2 vaccination campaign alongside commemoration of World Polio Day

On 22 October 2021, Ethiopia launched a polio vaccination campaign…
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Vaccinators in Addis Ababa going house to house to administer nOPV2 vaccine to under-five children

Joint statement by WHO-UNICEF-ROTARY on World Polio Day

Today, as the world commemorates World Polio Day with the theme, “One…
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Over 80 million reached as Africa trailblazes novel polio vaccine

Over 80 million reached as Africa trailblazes novel polio vaccine

Brazzaville – More than 80 million children have been vaccinated with…
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Immunizing children in Sierra Leone against polio

Sierra Leone safeguards children with new vaccine against polio

A sub-national polio immunization campaign starts today in Sierra…
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