Kenya: Fresh Round of Anti-Polio Vaccination Across Kenya Targeting 2.6m Children
[East African] Kenya this week kicked off a five-day national polio vaccination campaign in areas with greatest risk of transmission as the United Nations warned that outbreaks in some countries in the Horn of Africa threaten Africa's and global efforts to eradicate the disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - July 21, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Nigeria: Gates, Dangote, Restate Commitment to Polio Eradication in Nigeria
[Premium Times] ?The Bill& Melinda Gates and Dangote foundations have restated their commitments to sustaining the fight against polio in Kano State and other parts of Nigeria. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - July 20, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Kenya: Vaccine Shortage Exposes Thousands of Babies to Polio
[Nation] By the end of Monday, Kenya's birth registry would have recorded about 3,154 newborns. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - July 15, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Nigeria: Emeka Offor Donates U.S.$3.5 Million Towards Polio Eradication
[This Day] Abuja -Businessman Emeka Offor has bolstered the effort towards the eradication of wild polio in Nigeria by donating the sum of $3.5 million to the Rotary Foundation in combating the scourge. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - July 4, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Swaziland: The Kingdom of Eswatini Hosts the Polio 22nd Inter-Country Certification Committee Meeting
[WHO] The Kingdom of Eswatini hosted the 22nd Inter-Country Certification Committee meeting (ICCC) from 11 to 13 June 2019 at Happy Valley Hotel in Ezulwini. The meeting was attended by representatives from Botswana, Lesotho Namibia, South Africa and Eswatini and members of the Africa Region Certification Committee (ARCC). The meeting launched in 2002 allows countries to support one another to ensure that Polio Eradication and Endgame Strategy is implemented and progress fully documented. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - June 27, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
