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Angola to vaccinate nearly seven million children against polio

Published on: August 15, 2025
11:37

Luanda, Aug 15 (Prensa Latina) Angola began the second phase of its polio vaccination campaign, which aims to reach nearly seven million children across the country.

National polio vaccination campaign begins in Afghanistan

Published on: April 21, 2025
09:06

Kabul, Apr 21 (Prensa Latina) The Government of Afghanistan today began a national campaign for the vaccination against polio of more than 11 million children under five years of age.

WHO prioritizes safety and efficacy of Mpox and polio vaccines

Published on: September 3, 2024
12:02

Geneva, Sep 3 (Prensa Latina) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), assured the safety and efficacy of Mpox and polio vaccines are our highest priority.

UN demands protection for participants in anti-polio campaign in Gaza

Published on: September 1, 2024
09:25

Ramallah, Sep 1 (Prensa Latina) The UN today stressed the importance of a polio vaccination campaign in Gaza and called on the parties to the conflict to respect the lives of civilians and humanitarian teams participating in the initiative.

UN calls for humanitarian pause in Gaza to launch anti-polio campaign

Published on: August 20, 2024
00:15

Ramallah, Aug 20 (Prensa Latina) United Nations agencies on Monday called for a humanitarian pause in the Gaza Strip to launch a vaccination campaign against polio, after a case was detected there for the first time time in 25 years.

First case of polio in Gaza, while the UN prepares vaccinations

Published on: August 17, 2024
10:25

Ramallah, Aug 17 (Prensa Latina) Gaza authorities announced the first case of polio in the territory, amid a UN campaign to reach a temporary cease-fire to start a round of vaccination.

More than 14 million children to receive polio vaccines in DRC

Published on: August 9, 2024
13:14

Kinshasa, Aug 9 (Prensa Latina) More than 14 million children are to be immunized during the polio vaccination campaign being carried out in seven provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

WHO to send polio vaccines to Gaza to protect children

Published on: July 27, 2024
10:35

Geneva, Jul 27 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) will send more than one million polio vaccines to the Gaza Strip after discovering the highly infectious disease in sewage samples.

Angola prepares vaccination against polio for children

Published on: May 16, 2024
10:00

Luanda, May 16 (Prensa Latina) Angola is preparing today a vaccination campaign against polio that should reach more than five million 500 thousand children between zero and four years across the country.

Polio vaccination campaign starts in Cuba

Published on: April 22, 2024
09:53

Havana, Apr 22 (Prensa Latina) The 63rd National Bivalent Polio Oral Vaccination Campaign started in Cuba on Monday to keep this disease eliminated in the country, the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) informed on its X profile.

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