Polio

UGANDA – Uganda’s Ministry of Health has acquired 12.9 million doses of oral polio vaccine from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) that will be…

UNITED KINGDOM – The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has declared a national incident after finding evidence suggesting local spread of poliovirus in London. Although…

MALAWI – Malawi will be hosting the 29th meeting of the African Regional Certification Commission for Poliomyelitis Eradication (ARCC) at the Bingu International Conference Centre…

MALAWI – Malawian Government has partnered with the World Health Organization (WHO) to roll out the second phase of polio vaccination campaigns targeting children under…

MOZAMBIQUE – Mozambique has partnered with the United States to vaccinate 4.8 million children under five years old in the first round of the polio…

EGYPT – The Egyptian Acting Minister of Health and Population Khaled Abdel Ghaffar has launched a national campaign to vaccinate children against polio for free…

SOMALIA – Somalia’s Federal Government and members of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) have introduced extensive measures to curb the ongoing poliovirus type 2…

MALAWI – Malawian government to roll out the first phase of vaccination campaigns for children under 5 years against wild poliovirus type 1 after a…

MALAWI – The Malawian Ministry of Health and partners are ramping up disease surveillance and deepening investigations after the country detected a case of wild…

MALAWI – The Malawian Health ministry has announced its intentions to roll out a polio vaccination campaign and administer supplementary vaccinations to children under the…