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Local-level planning gives Chad’s nomadic children polio protection

N’Djamena – Around 5.4 million children in Chad were recently vaccinated against polio in a broad and synchronised campaign. Carried out with support from World Health Organization (WHO) and Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) partners, the immunisation drive included neighbouring Cameroon, Niger and the Central African Republic.

In Chad, where polio was detected in 2019 after no cases were reported for six years, efforts were made to ensure communities living in hard-to-reach locations, such as nomadic populations, were not left behind. 

Supporting Tanzania’s Marburg survivors

Soon after Tanzania confirmed its first case of Marburg Virus Disease in February 2023, outbreak control measures were rolled out rapidly, with the country drawing on outbreak readiness capacity built up and reinforced in recent months. The efforts by the national health authorities, health workers and communities helped to end the outbreak in just around three months.