The AVW was launched on the 23 of April 2013, by the Secretary general in the MOH, Mr Moussa Ould Ahmednah in Atar, Adrar region, located at around 450 Km in the North of the ca
The launch of the AVW was coupled with the polio NID’s and Child Survival Week and chaired by the Ministry of health accompanied by the WHO and Unicef Representatives, as well a
The Independent Monitoring Board for Global Polio Eradication Initiative once observed that "People are the crucial ingredient in this programme and need to be viewed as such".<
African Union, Addis Ababa, 22 April 2013: The experts meeting in preparation for the 6th Session of the African Union (AU) Conference of Ministers of Health (CAMH 6), kicks off
Kampala, 22 January 2013: As the third annual African Vaccination Week (AVW) got under way today in all of Africa Region’s countries, Uganda launched its beginn