CAXITO – Angola stepped up its fight against polio on Sunday, with mothers out in force to take advantage of a nationwide immunisation drive after the first appearance of the disease in the African country in four years.
The three-day, US$3,74 million campaign, which ends on Sunday, was run by the Health Ministry, the United Nations Childrens Fund (Unicef) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) and is aimed at stopping polio before it spreads. Angola last month identified three new cases of the disease – two in the capital Luanda and one in the western province of Benguela – the first such cases since 2001.The diagnoses, along with a new outbreak of polio in Indonesia, were a setback to the WHO which has campaigned to stop the global spread of polio by the year’s end.- Nampa-ReutersAngola last month identified three new cases of the disease – two in the capital Luanda and one in the western province of Benguela – the first such cases since 2001.The diagnoses, along with a new outbreak of polio in Indonesia, were a setback to the WHO which has campaigned to stop the global spread of polio by the year’s end. – Nampa-Reuters
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