7 September 2006
 

Horn of Africa countries coordinate polio campaigns to close down epidemic
 

Countries in the Horn of Africa are increasing their level of coordination to close the corridor of transmission of poliovirus in the region.
 

Countries in the Horn of Africa are confident that they can kick ou polio again as they did successfully in the past, despite the difficult environments they work in. 'We have done it once, we can do it again,' has become the motto of the region.
 

In Ethiopia, the polio vaccination campaign will administer two drips of Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) to 956,886 children, from the two regions of Somali and Afar that border aim to reach a total of 1.7 million children in a nation-wide campaign, with exceptional concentration on regions bordering Ethiopia and Kenya. In northern Kenya, a total of 240,000 children will be targeted in five districts bordering Somalia and Ethiopia.
 

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