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Fuel crisis pumps up the pressure for Zambia’s Polio Mop-Up Campaign

Zambia’s polio mop-up reaches almost half a million children in 48 hours

WHO Representative Dr. Desta Tiruneh reading out a statement on the occasion of World Blood Donor Day 2022

World Blood Donor Day Commemoration in The Gambia Emphasizes Urgent Need for Voluntary Blood Donations

Child vaccination at Obele, a boundary town between Nigeria and Benin Republic

Nigeria combs communities to protect eligible children against polio

The WHO Country Representative, Dr Mulombo handing over donated items to Ondo state Commissioner for health Dr Ajaka.jpg

WHO ramps up support for Ondo State Government, following attack on community.

Mop-up priority zones also include areas with high population mobility. Should children miss a vaccination round because they are on the farm during the day, mop-up teams will go back in the evening, or for very remote areas, set up camp overnight to see the children early in the morning.  Back at Palabana Clinic, Veria removes an OPV from the freezer for the two missed children identified earlier in the day. Vaccinator Brian and his team have rushed in. Shamaya. briefs them on the location of the household

Ramping up polio outbreak response in southern Africa