The Ministry of Health (MoH) may vaccinate around 10.4 million children under the age of 10 against polio type 2, as part of efforts to eradicate infantile paralysis in the country. Vaccination will take place in two phases, the first in November and the second in December, and is currently in the preparation phase,...
The tenth round of the polio vaccination campaign starts today (June 28) and runs until Saturday, June 1. It will reach children from zero to less than 15 years old and is expected to cover around 8,693,106 children. This is the most effective public health measure to cut the transmission of the virus and protect children under 45...
The health authorities are mobilizing material and financial resources to vaccinate children and adolescents against polio, as part of efforts to eradicate infantile paralysis in the country. This was made known by the director of the Expanded Vaccination Program (PAV) at the Ministry of Health (MISAU), Leonildo Nhampossa, adding that the...
The sixth round of the polio vaccination campaign for children aged zero to 14 years and eleven months begins today. The process is expected to cover more than nine million children by Tuesday. This is considered the most effective public health measure to cut the transmission of the virus and protect children. This...
The Ministry of Health (Misau) will start next Thursday a new national vaccination campaign against polio. The process, which ends on Sunday, is expected to cover about 7.8 million children aged up to five years. This new campaign comes after four confirmed cases of polio, in Tete province, supposedly imported...
The Ministry of Health intends to vaccinate 5,1 million children against polio by the end of the year, announced an official source. The vaccination starts this month and aims to respond to the outbreak of this infection in Malawi, neighboring country, said Health Minister Armindo Tiago, quoted by Diário Notícias. "When there is occurrence of cases...