The Ministry of Health has asked parents and guardians to take their children for vaccination against polio. “MOH_Kenya would therefore wish to request parents, guardians and communities living in the areas where the campaign to take their children,” the ministry said. For example, during the polio outbreak that occurred in Garissa County in 2013, 14 people were paralyzed by polio and two died following complications arising from the disease. These necessitated the current plans to conduct emergency polio campaigns in line with Global polio eradication initiative. In October last year, 11 counties were flagged as having the greatest risk of outbreak of vaccine-derived polio.

Source: The Star May 20, 2021 09:56 UTC