1. WHO Africa
  2. Health topics
  3. Featured news
National Launch of polio campaign in Mombasa set for May 22-26 in 13 counties at risk

Urgent immunization response launched to tackle polio outbreak in 13 counties

Nairobi, 21 May 2020 – Over three million children across 13 counties…
Read more »
African vaccine champion on lessons from ending wild polio

African vaccine champion on lessons from ending wild polio

Abuja – Vaccines save millions of lives each year. In August 2020,…
Read more »
Vaccinates

Ethiopia vaccinates 5.8 million under-five children against polio

A four-day polio campaign has been conducted house to house to…
Read more »
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…
Read more »
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…
Read more »
Polio

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

In November 2020, Ethiopia conducted an oral polio vaccination…
Read more »

Sierra Leone investigates isolation of poliovirus type 2

Freetown - 14 December 2020 - The Ministry of Health and Sanitation…
Read more »
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…
Read more »
Reinforcing key health services amid COVID-19

Reinforcing key health services amid COVID-19

Accra – Thousands of vaccinators fanned through villages and towns…
Read more »
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…
Read more »