Source:
World Health Organization
Country:
Somalia, Kenya
BULLETIN HIGHLIGHTS
- Following recent confirmation of three vaccine-derived poliovirus type-2 (cVDPV2) cases in the refugee camps in Dadaab, Kenya and one cVDPV2 case in Kismayo, South Central Somalia, an immunization response is currently being planned. More than 800,000 children will be targeted in Kenya, including in the Dadaab refugee camps (target age groups in the camps will be <15 years), meanwhile in South Central Somalia 30,000 children will be targeted in two recently-accessible districts adjacent (Afmadow and Badhaade) to the Kenya border.