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South Sudan to vaccinate 2 8 mln children against polio - World News
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Vaccination campaign aims to reach over 2.8 million children with monovalent oral polio vaccines in South Sudan
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A child has her finger marked after being given the polio vaccine © WHO
Juba, South Sudan, 24 February 2021 – The Ministry of Health and partners are rolling-out the second round of the national polio vaccination campaign targeting over 2.8 million children aged 0 – 59 months.
The campaign started on 16 February and covers 74 counties, with vaccinators going from house to house to vaccinate children, while adhering to COVID-19 protocols.
The polio outbreak was declared on 18 September 2020 and spread to 17 counties in all the states of South Sudan. Currently, 39 cases of vaccine-derived poliomyelitis are confirmed with Warrap State and Western Bahr El Ghazal State being most affected.
The United Nations
The second round of a vaccination campaign to protect more than 2.8 million children from polio is underway in South Sudan, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Thursday.
An outbreak of the life-threatening disease, which mainly affects children under five, was first declared last September and has spread to 17 counties in all states in the country, with 39 cases of vaccine-derived polio confirmed.
#Polio vaccination teams are conducting a house to house vaccination of children against polio in #SouthSudan, allow your children to be vaccinated. Thanks to @GPEI partnership, @WHOSouthSudan, @unicefssudan and other partners. pic.twitter.com/OUfatdEBeu