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Healthcare News South Africa

Sudan launches campaign to immunise millions of children against polio

Sudan has launched a three-day campaign in the north of the country to immunise an estimated five million children against polio after reports of cases in neighbouring Chad.

The campaign, led by the federal health ministry, supported by the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO), entered its second day on 7 August as health officials carried out door-to-door inoculations.

The immunisation drive was expected to cover all 15 states in the north of Sudan and organisers hoped to reach at least 82 percent of children under the age of five during the three-day effort.

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