Ghana: 229,926 Children in BE/R Targeted for Polio Vaccinations
[Ghanaian Times] Kintampo -- Dr Adomako-Boateng said this last Thursday at the regional launch of the first round of oral polio vaccination campaign, at Kintampo, in the Bono East Region. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - September 7, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Mozambique: Thirteen Cases of Polio Confirmed
[AIM] The number of confirmed cases of polio in Mozambique has risen to 13, according to Domingos Guihole, head of the Department of Surveillance in the Ministry of Health, cited by the television station, STV. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - August 23, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Mozambique: Over 7.5 Million Children Will Be Vaccinated Against Polio
[AIM] Maputo -- The fourth round of the polio vaccination campaign against polio in Mozambique, which starts on Thursday and closes on Sunday, will cover over 7.5 million children, under five years of age. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - August 18, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Nigeria: Transitioning Polio Emergency Operations Centres to Strengthen Nigeria's Health Security
[Nigeria Health Watch] Emergency Operations Centres, first used in Nigeria during the national polio response, were valuable assets in Nigeria's polio response, and they continue to be a vital resource now. Transitioning Polio EOCs into public health EOCs will help boost efforts to strengthen Nigeria's national and subnational health security. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - August 18, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Nigeria: Fulani Community in Kaduna Accepts Polio, Covid-19 Vaccination
[Leadership] Fulani community in Makarfi local government area of Kaduna State has expressed readiness to accept health interventions from the state government including polio immunisation for the health of their children. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - August 11, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Mozambique: Polio Vaccination Campaign Extended
[AIM] Maputo -- The Maputo city health authorities have extended the third round of the polio national vaccination campaign by a further 24 hours, in an attempt to cover all children under the age of five in the Mozambican capital. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - July 11, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Mozambique: Third Round of Polio Vaccination Campaign Launched
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican Health Ministry on Tuesday launched the third round in the national campaign of vaccination against polio. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - July 7, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Statement of the Thirty-Second Polio IHR Emergency Committee
[WHO] The thirty-second 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 15 June 2022 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 eradication of WPV and cessation of outbreaks of cVDPV2 (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - June 29, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Nigeria: Polio Eradication Will Take Funds and Awareness
[IPS] Abuja -- For forty days, Kunle Adeyanju - a Nigerian, Rotarian, polio eradication advocate and biker - rode for more than 12,500km from London to Lagos to raise funds for polio eradication. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - June 24, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Malawi: Malawi Red Cross Calls for Massive Positive Response to Polio Vaccination
[Nyasa Times] The Malawi Red Cross Society has asked Malawian parents to quickly understand the importance of getting all children under the age of five vaccinated against polio for the sustainability of a polio free status for the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - June 20, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Zambia: A Sewage Plant, Surveillance and Polio Fight in Zambia
[WHO-AFRO] Lusaka -- Environmental surveillance teams across Zambia are instrumental to the country's polio eradication programme. Since the outbreak of wild poliovirus in Malawi in February 2022, they have stepped up efforts for early detection as five countries in south-eastern Africa bolster the drive to vaccinate children and halt the virus. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - June 20, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Southern Africa: Ramping Up Polio Outbreak Response in Southern Africa
[WHO-AFRO] Following a case of wild poliovirus in February 2022 in Malawi, the country and four other geographically close nations kicked off a large-scale vaccination campaigns and ramped up disease surveillance to halt the debilitating virus. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - June 10, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: WHA - Member States Urge WHO to Build On Progress to Achieve a Sustainable Polio Transition
[WHO] At the 75th World Health Assembly, delegates discussed progress made on the Strategic Action Plan on Polio Transition and reiterated their support for the way forward towards stronger, more resilient health systems. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - June 6, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Eritrea: Public Notice
[Shabait] The Ministry of health, further to its strong acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) surveillance, has identified laboratory-confirmed cases of Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Virus (CVDPV) in Eritrea. The Ministry declares this one unusual public health event as an outbreak according to the International Health Regulation (IHR) 2005. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - June 4, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Mozambique: Health Ministry Preparing Further Polio Vaccination
[AIM] The Mozambican Ministry of Health has announced that it is currently mobilising resources for the third round of vaccination against poliomyelitis. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - May 31, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
