polio surveillance strengthening activities

Zimbabwe intensifies polio surveillance

Guinée-Vue de l'un des sites de prélèvement des eaux usées à Conakry

GUINEE-RENFORCER LA SURVEILLANCE ENVIRONNEMENTALE DE LA POLIO

Ethiopia’s Polio Laboratory attains WHO accreditation

Ethiopia’s Polio Laboratory attains WHO accreditation

Raquelina Mazuze, Social Mobilizer

Raquelina Mazuze, Social Mobilizer

Macron Chauluka, Polio Vaccinator

Macron Chauluka, Polio Vaccinator

Malawi launches third round of mass vaccination drive to stop wild poliovirus

Southern Africa in fresh vaccination drive to halt wild polio

Southern Africa in fresh vaccination drive to halt wild polio

Fuel crisis pumps up the pressure for Zambia’s Polio Mop-Up Campaign

Zambia’s polio mop-up reaches almost half a million children in 48 hours

Mop-up priority zones also include areas with high population mobility. Should children miss a vaccination round because they are on the farm during the day, mop-up teams will go back in the evening, or for very remote areas, set up camp overnight to see the children early in the morning.  Back at Palabana Clinic, Veria removes an OPV from the freezer for the two missed children identified earlier in the day. Vaccinator Brian and his team have rushed in. Shamaya. briefs them on the location of the household

Ramping up polio outbreak response in southern Africa

ARCC Members

Malawi hosts the 29th Africa Regional Certification Commission (ARCC) for Poliomyelitis Eradication meeting