The Minister of public health, Dr Manaouda Malachie, has announced a nationwide polio response vaccination campaign which is aimed at strengthening the collective immunity of children under five (5) years of age. The vaccination campaign will run from the 1st to 3rd of March 2024. According to the Minister of public health 'this campaign is part of a synergy of strategies between the countries of the sub-region. Also, this campaign will provide different countries with an opportunity to strengthen their routine vaccination coverage by catching up with children aged 0 to 23 months who have missed one or more appointments in their usual vaccination schedule.' Moreover, identifiable vaccination teams will be deployed to households, hospitals, schools, markets, worship places and other gatherings to administer two drops of oral polio vaccine to children aged 0 to 5 years. It is the first national polio immunization campaign organized in the country this year after five cases of polio were reported in the capi tal, Yaounde, by health officials. Source: Cameroon News Agency
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