Zimbabwe: Govt Calls for Vaccination of Children As Polio Resurfaces
[263Chat] Zimbabwean health authorities have urged parents to vaccinate their children against polio. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - February 27, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Governance Health and Medicine Polio Southern Africa Zimbabwe Source Type: news

Africa: World News in Brief - DR Congo Clashes, Invest in Ending Polio, Say #idont to Child Marriage
[UN News] Tensions remain high in North Kivu province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), particularly in the town of Sake, as clashes persist between M23 rebels and Government forces, the UN mission in the country, MONUSCO, reported on Wednesday. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - February 15, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Africa Central Africa Children and Youth Congo-Kinshasa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Polio Source Type: news

Nigeria: Nigeria Faces Resurgence of Polio, Diphtheria, Others
[Vanguard] ...as N60bn 2023 immunization budget is yet to be released (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - December 22, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria Polio West Africa Source Type: news

Somalia: Teach Us About Polio in Our Own Language - Somalia's Maay Speakers
[allAfrica] Vaccination is crucial for preventing the spread of the polio, a highly contagious disease that can lead to paralysis and even death. But widespread, ongoing conflict in Somalia means that vaccination campaigns are hampered by restricted access to conflict zones, and the displacement of communities - making it difficult for healthcare workers to reach vulnerable populations. The destruction of health infrastructure, disruption of healthcare services, and compromised safety of healthcare workers (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - November 27, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: East Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Polio Somalia Source Type: news

Nigeria: 2.3 Million Children Receive Polio Vaccine in Anambra - Commissioner
[Premium Times] The state government is about to begin the second phase of polio immunisation in the state. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - November 10, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria Polio West Africa Source Type: news

Nigeria: World Polio Day - End of Polio in Sight in Nigeria - Rotary Governor
[Daily Trust] The district governor of Rotary International in District 9125, Rtn Sagab Ahmed Sani, has said Nigeria should be optimistic and hopeful that an end to polio is in sight. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - October 29, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Governance Health and Medicine Nigeria Polio West Africa Source Type: news

Africa: 21 African Countries Experiencing Circulating Variant Polio Outbreaks - WHO
[Daily Trust] The World Health Organization (WHO) says 21 countries in the African Region are still experiencing circulating variant polio outbreaks. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - October 25, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Africa Health and Medicine Polio Source Type: news

Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Aims for 95 Percent Polio Vaccination Coverage in Latest Campaign
[263Chat] Government is targeting to vaccinate 95 percent of the over two million children under the age of five in the latest polio vaccination campaign launched in the resort town of Victoria Falls early this week. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - October 13, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Health and Medicine Polio Southern Africa Zimbabwe Source Type: news

Zimbabwe: Fourth Round of Polio Vaccination Launched
[The Herald] Rumbidzayi Zinyuke in Victoria Falls (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - October 10, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Health and Medicine Polio Southern Africa Zimbabwe Source Type: news

Kenya: MOH to Mount Second Oral Polio Vaccine Campaign From Saturday
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Ministry of Health is set to run its second Oral Polio Vaccine campaign for 2023 from Saturday in joint efforts with the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI). (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - October 5, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Kenya Polio Source Type: news

Nigeria: Yobe to Immunise 1m Children Against Polio, Others
[Daily Trust] The Yobe State government has commenced the immunisation of 1.1 million children against polio and other diseases across the 17 local government areas of the state. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - October 3, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria Polio West Africa Source Type: news

Mozambique: Polio Vaccination Extended in Tete and ZambÉzia
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican Ministry of Health has extended the vaccination campaign against polio in the central provinces of Zambézia and Tete, since it found that a large number of children were still not vaccinated. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - September 21, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Health and Medicine Mozambique Polio Southern Africa Source Type: news

Malawi: Malawi Extends Polio Vaccination to 15-Year-Olds
[VOA] Blantyre, Malawi -- Malawi is extending the maximum age of children eligible for the polio vaccination from 5 to 15. Since the discovery last year of its first polio case 30 years after the country eradicated the disease, the number of cases has increased to five this year -- the latest victim being 14 years old. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - September 15, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Health and Medicine Malawi Polio Southern Africa Source Type: news

Africa: Health Leaders Vow to Enhance Response As Africa Marks a Year Without Wild Polio Detection
[WHO-AFRO] Gaborone -- As the African region marks one year since the last confirmed detection of wild poliovirus type 1, Ministers of Health and other health leaders gathering for the Seventy-third session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa today pledged to intensify efforts to end all forms of the virus. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - September 1, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Polio Source Type: news

Africa: Statement of the Thirty-Sixth Meeting of the Polio Ihr Emergency Committee
[WHO] The thirty-sixth meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) on the international spread of poliovirus was convened by the WHO Director-General on 16 August 2023 with committee members and advisers attending via video conference, supported by the WHO Secretariat. The Emergency Committee reviewed the data on wild poliovirus (WPV1) and circulating vaccine derived polioviruses (cVDPV) in the context of global target of eradication of WPV and cessation of (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - September 1, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Polio Source Type: news