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Elizabeth, a 7-year-old girl from Dukwi Refugee Camp in Botswana shows her marked finger after receiving her polio vaccine.

Botswana ran a polio supplementary vaccination campaign

Botswana conducted a two-round polio supplementary vaccination…
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Burundi declares outbreak of circulating poliovirus type 2

Burundi declares outbreak of circulating poliovirus type 2

Brazzaville/Bujumbura – Health authorities in Burundi today declared…
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Global Polio Eradication Initiative commends Mozambique’s outbreak response

Global Polio Eradication Initiative commends Mozambique’s outbreak response

Maputo, 22 February 2023 – Senior representatives from the Global…
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Over 33 million children vaccinated against wild poliovirus in southern Africa

Over 33 million children vaccinated against wild poliovirus in southern Africa

Brazzaville – A year since Malawi confirmed its first case of wild…
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A happy mother near Lilongwe smiles relieved after getting her child vaccinated against polio

Over 33 million children vaccinated against wild poliovirus in southern Africa

Lusaka – A year since Malawi confirmed its first case of wild…
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WHO welcomes Canadian commitment of CAD$ 30 million to reinforce COVID-19 vaccination efforts and strengthen health systems in Africa

WHO welcomes Canadian commitment of CAD$ 30 million to reinforce COVID-19 vaccination efforts and strengthen health systems in Africa

Brazzaville – A CAD$ 30 million project in partnership with Canada’s…
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The POSE participants

Intensified efforts to maintain a Polio free Eswatini

Eswatini has joined countries like Botswana, Mozambique, and Malawi…
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Joint statement by WHO-UNICEF-ROTARY on World Polio Day

Afar Region, Ethiopia, 05 November 2022 – Today we commemorate the…
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Door-to-door polio vaccine campaign in Uganda

Uganda targets over 8.7 million children with the new oral polio vaccine as part of its process to build health systems resilience

The Ugandan Ministry of Health is set to administer the new oral…
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WHO Surveillance Officer Abdisalan Muktar Ali investigating and verifying of the Mohammed, the child that was suspected acute flaccid paralysis (AFP).

No suspected polio case is too hard-to-reach for investigation and follow up in Ethiopia

A glimpse into the work of a WHO surveillance officer in Somali…
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