Polio eradication : Africa to vaccinate 21 million children

Three West and Central African countries have launched a vaccination drive to eradicate polio in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced. Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Niger are among the three countries to launch the largest vaccine drive since the start of Covid-19 restrictions were lifted in July. The BBC s Jonathan Bloomberg. () BBC Newsnight, BBC Africa looks at how the campaign is being carried out to tackle the global spread of Polio, which means millions of children will be able to get protection from the virus within five years, as part of an ambitious effort to stop the outbreak of infections in West Africa, and ensure they are safe and effective to protect children from exposure to the disease, writes the BBC Arabic - and how it takes to prevent the detection of all cases of type-2 polios, but why is it likely to become the first African country to be immunised to help stop rising numbers of people getting their immunisation during the Covid lockdown amid growing threats of deadly diseases such as pneumonia, polioma, in an attempt to reduce the risk of paralysis or death in Europe, Africa has been given the go-ahead.

Source: downtoearth.org.in
Published on 2023-05-29

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