West Africa: Polio Campaign – Nigeria, Chad, Niger Others to Vaccinate 83 Million Children

* As UNICEF, Adamawa govt urge parents to immunise children against polio

In a renewed effort to eradicate circulating polio variant type 2 in the Lake Chad Basin, Ministers of Health from Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, Niger and Nigeria has launched a synchronized regional vaccination campaign aimed at protecting 83 million under-5 children.

The initiative is a crucial milestone in the fight against variant poliovirus type 2, which continues to pose a threat to millions of children…