A mass polio immunisation campaign is about to begin in
north-eastern Nigeria after new polio cases were recently found in the region. There
was an initial emergency vaccination of children earlier this month in the
communities affected to contain the virus.
This is first phase of what will be a country-wide campaign
organised by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Nigerian authorities.
Millions of children aged five and under are expected
to be vaccinated.
Other countries in the Lake Chad area, including Niger,
Cameroon, Chad and the Central African Republic, will also be targeted.
Ahead of tomorrow’s vaccination exercise, Nigerian papers
have reported that the country has received or has requested a $125m (£94m)
loan from the World Bank to tackle the outbreak.
-BBC
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