Africa: Mobile Cash in Polio Response - Three Things to Know

[WHO-AFRO] Brazzaville -- In 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa pioneered mobile money transfer system under the Polio Eradication Initiative programme essentially to pay vaccination campaign workers. So far eight African countries have adopted the payment system, with others working to deploy mobile-based cash transfers in health programmes beyond polio. Dorcas Karimi, Digital Finance Officer with the WHO Regional Office for Africa, explains the progress achieved so far.
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news