Vaccination: anti-polio campaign launched: the standard

A five-day oral polio vaccination campaign (OPV) was launched.

The goal of the OPV exercise is to eradicate the disease in 11 countries considered to be at high risk, 2.6 million vaccinated children under five.
Speaking at the field launch of Ronald Ngala Elementary School, Mombasa County Commissioner, Evans Achoki, said he would provide the necessary support for the success of the training. .
Mr. Achoki called on parents to cooperate with health officials sent home to administer OPV.

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& # 39; & # 39; This is a noble initiative aimed at ensuring that Kenya achieves its status as a polio-free country. Make sure no children are left out of the exercise, "he said.
Dr. Iheona Onuekwusi, representative of the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef), said the oral vaccine protects children from polio, a disease that paralyzes and can even lead to death.
"In 2018, Kenya detected poliovirus in wastewater samples taken at Kamukunji in Nairobi.Since 2017, Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia in the Horn of Africa have been affected by polio epidemics and these epidemics threaten the continent's efforts to eradicate the disease, "she said. .
She added that efforts had been made to eradicate the disease in the last endemic countries of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria.

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