South Sudan mounts a nationwide polio vaccination campaign: a massive push towards stopping the ongoing outbreak [WHO]
Juba, 11 November 2024: A nationwide campaign aimed at vaccinating 3.3 million children from 0 to 59 months of age against polio will be launched in South Sudan using the novel Oral Polio Vaccine type 2. The campaign led by the Ministry of Health, with the support of the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, and other partners, is in response to the confirmation of 12 cases of Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Virus Type 2 (cVDPV2) across eight counties in Western Equatoria, Central Equatoria, Upper Nile, and Jonglei States.
