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Mobile medical equipment container established at Soroti Regional Referral Hospital

Hungarian Government provides mobile infrastructure to enable the Ministry of Health and WHO to manage critically ill patients with highly infectious diseases in Uganda

Soroti, October 26, 2021 – The Government of Hungary in cooperation with the World Health Organization (WHO) has provided a mobile, rapidly deployable container

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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 with type 2 novel oral polio vaccine (nOPV2) targeting over 17 million under-five children aiming to end the circulation of vaccine-derived poliovirus. The campaign was officially launched by the Ministry of Health and polio partners in Hawassa, Sidama, alongside the commemoration of World Polio Day with the theme, “One Day. One Focus: Ending Polio: Delivering on the promise of a polio-free world”. 
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Osun State Governor Oyetola vaccinating a child at the flag-off nOPV vaccination campaign in the state.

Osun State targets over one million children for vaccination against Polio

Osogbo, 25 October, 2021 - As a health worker and Local Immunization Officer in Ilesha West Local Government Area (LGA), Osun State, Mrs Toyin Ajewole has seen

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WHO unveils new analytical tools on the ESPEN data portal

WHO unveils new analytical tools on the ESPEN data portal

The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa, through the Expanded Special Project for the Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (ESPEN), is making available new analytical tools in the NTD Data Portal allowing Neglected Tropical Diseases programmes and stakeholders to better track rollout and impact of interventions, and make data-driven decisions on strategies.  
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Over 80 million reached as Africa trailblazes novel polio vaccine

Over 80 million reached as Africa trailblazes novel polio vaccine

More than 80 million children have been vaccinated with the novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2) in six countries in Africa, the world’s first region to rollout of the vaccine just months after the World Health Organization (WHO) gave it Emergency Use Listing status in November 2020.
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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 Day. One Focus: Ending Polio – delivering on our promise of a polio-free world!”, and Ethiopia launches a nationwide polio vaccination (nOPV2) campaign, we – the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and ROTARY – reaffirm our commitment to continue delivering on our promise of a polio-free world for current and future generations.
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Cross Rivers State Commissioner of Health, Dr Betta Edu, flagging-off the vaccination campaign

Cross River State leverages polio campaign structure to integrate Covid-19 vaccination. 

Calabar, 21 October, 2022 - Bassey Eyo, a mother of three, living in Cross River State was delighted that she and her child could receive the COVID-19 vaccine a

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The Honourable Deputy Minister of Health Alhaji Mahama and some high level personalities at the Kotoka International Airport to receive the vaccines

More COVID-19 vaccines arrive in Ghana

hana’s robust COVID-19 vaccination campaign continues to receive a boost with donations through the COVAX Facility. 

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