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HEALTH – Authorities relaunch vaccination campaign
Miangaly Ralitera – Published on August 3, 2026
A polio vaccination campaign is set to launch in southern Madagascar. The Ministry of Public Health and its partners are mobilizing from August 11 to 14 to vaccinate children aged 0 to 5 in the area. The campaign will cover five regions: Atsimo Andrefana, Ihorombe, Anosy, Androy, and Atsimo Atsinanana.
A case of polio was detected in the south a few months ago. The initiative's primary goal is to boost the overall immunity of children in these vulnerable areas. "Vaccination is the only defense against sudden paralysis caused by polio. Every dose received strengthens a child's natural defenses," health officials note.
Polio remains a major public health concern in Madagascar. Although the country was certified "polio-free" in 2025, the virus was detected again in Betioky Atsimo in an 18-month-old boy. According to the Ministry of Public Health, the child had never been vaccinated since birth.
Madagascar has been declared "polio-free" twice—first in 2018—but the disease resurged in 2020. At the peak of the outbreak in September 2023, a total of 287 cases had been confirmed: 45 cases of acute flaccid paralysis, 44 community cases, and 198 positive samples from environmental wastewater surveillance, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) report. The disease poses a particular threat to unvaccinated children.
Miangaly Ralitera
https://www.lexpress.mg/2026/08/sante-les-autorites-relancent-une.html
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August 8, 2026
Polio: Six confirmed cases in the South
The recent discovery of six confirmed cases of polio in the southern part of Madagascar has sent shockwaves through the health authorities. Faced with this particularly worrying resurgence of a virus capable of causing irreversible paralysis in young children, the medical response was swift. To immediately halt the chain of transmission revealed by these six cases, the very first vaccination campaign of 2026 will be launched from August 11 to 14. This health offensive will focus primarily on the five regions directly threatened by this resurgence: Androy, Anosy, Atsimo-Andrefana, Atsimo-Atsinanana, and Ihorombe. The priority target of this emergency operation includes all children aged 0 to 59 months, representing an estimated total of over 1,173,000 infants in these vulnerable areas.
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https://midi-madagasikara.mg/poliom...gn=poliomyelite-six-cas-confirmes-dans-le-sud
HEALTH – Authorities relaunch vaccination campaign
Miangaly Ralitera – Published on August 3, 2026
A polio vaccination campaign is set to launch in southern Madagascar. The Ministry of Public Health and its partners are mobilizing from August 11 to 14 to vaccinate children aged 0 to 5 in the area. The campaign will cover five regions: Atsimo Andrefana, Ihorombe, Anosy, Androy, and Atsimo Atsinanana.
A case of polio was detected in the south a few months ago. The initiative's primary goal is to boost the overall immunity of children in these vulnerable areas. "Vaccination is the only defense against sudden paralysis caused by polio. Every dose received strengthens a child's natural defenses," health officials note.
Polio remains a major public health concern in Madagascar. Although the country was certified "polio-free" in 2025, the virus was detected again in Betioky Atsimo in an 18-month-old boy. According to the Ministry of Public Health, the child had never been vaccinated since birth.
Madagascar has been declared "polio-free" twice—first in 2018—but the disease resurged in 2020. At the peak of the outbreak in September 2023, a total of 287 cases had been confirmed: 45 cases of acute flaccid paralysis, 44 community cases, and 198 positive samples from environmental wastewater surveillance, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) report. The disease poses a particular threat to unvaccinated children.
Miangaly Ralitera
https://www.lexpress.mg/2026/08/sante-les-autorites-relancent-une.html
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August 8, 2026
Polio: Six confirmed cases in the South
The recent discovery of six confirmed cases of polio in the southern part of Madagascar has sent shockwaves through the health authorities. Faced with this particularly worrying resurgence of a virus capable of causing irreversible paralysis in young children, the medical response was swift. To immediately halt the chain of transmission revealed by these six cases, the very first vaccination campaign of 2026 will be launched from August 11 to 14. This health offensive will focus primarily on the five regions directly threatened by this resurgence: Androy, Anosy, Atsimo-Andrefana, Atsimo-Atsinanana, and Ihorombe. The priority target of this emergency operation includes all children aged 0 to 59 months, representing an estimated total of over 1,173,000 infants in these vulnerable areas.
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https://midi-madagasikara.mg/poliom...gn=poliomyelite-six-cas-confirmes-dans-le-sud