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WHO-press release
Africa launches massive anti-polio campaign
GENEVA ? Fifteen countries in Africa are undertaking a mass polio immunisation campaign for 72 million children this week, the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday.
"This week Africa will be conducting a 15 country synchronised immunisation campaign with oral vaccine," said Rod Curtis, a spokesman for the WHO in Geneva.
"Some 290,000 vaccinators are going to go around door to door to reach 72 million children under five," he told journalists.
The campaign backed by UN agencies covers mainly West Africa, but stretches into Chad and Sudan.
It is the third of its kind to be carried out in Africa this year.
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WHO-press release
Africa launches massive anti-polio campaign
GENEVA ? Fifteen countries in Africa are undertaking a mass polio immunisation campaign for 72 million children this week, the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday.
"This week Africa will be conducting a 15 country synchronised immunisation campaign with oral vaccine," said Rod Curtis, a spokesman for the WHO in Geneva.
"Some 290,000 vaccinators are going to go around door to door to reach 72 million children under five," he told journalists.
The campaign backed by UN agencies covers mainly West Africa, but stretches into Chad and Sudan.
It is the third of its kind to be carried out in Africa this year.
Read more