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State rolls out anti-polio drive after outbreak scare
By KEPHER OTIENO
Siaya County
The Government has launched an aggressive anti-polio campaign with a target of reaching out to more than 20,000 children following fresh fears of the disease outbreak in Siaya.
Four suspected cases of polio have been reported since the house-to-house immunisation project began last week but a ministry official clarified the cases tested negative.
Yesterday, Nyanza Provincial Director of Public Health Jackson Kioko said medical officers were immunising children in Rarieda, Bondo and Siaya districts to prevent spread of the viral disease, which could lead to paralysis. There is no known cure for polio.
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http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/women/InsidePage.php?id=2000026613&cid=159&
By KEPHER OTIENO
Siaya County
The Government has launched an aggressive anti-polio campaign with a target of reaching out to more than 20,000 children following fresh fears of the disease outbreak in Siaya.
Four suspected cases of polio have been reported since the house-to-house immunisation project began last week but a ministry official clarified the cases tested negative.
Yesterday, Nyanza Provincial Director of Public Health Jackson Kioko said medical officers were immunising children in Rarieda, Bondo and Siaya districts to prevent spread of the viral disease, which could lead to paralysis. There is no known cure for polio.
Read more:
http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/women/InsidePage.php?id=2000026613&cid=159&