As the world is gearing up for mass vaccination for their populations to slow the global COVID-19 pandemic, Sudan launched a different, yet equally important, nationwide vaccination campaign against polio targeting more than 8 million children. During the first round, implemented in November, health workers and polio vaccinators administered polio vaccines to more than 8.2 million children. “We must build on the successes of the first campaign to ensure we reach even more children in this new round campaign,” Dr Nima Saeed Abid, the WHO Representative in Sudan. Parents are also being encouraged to get their children vaccinated with IPV through routine immunization. “The first round of the vaccination campaign was a test of the field staff’s tenacity to ensure no child was left behind,” Dr Nima said.

Source: Ethiopian News January 25, 2021 11:37 UTC