Parents and guardians in Mchinji district gave overwhelming support to the supplementary polio immunization campaign, which ran from July 12 - 15 2023.
The Mayor of the city of Lilongwe, Councilor Richard Banda has asked chiefs to play a vital role during the polio vaccination exercise for it to be successful.
Mangochi District Health Office (DHO) on Tuesday launched an expanded Polio Campaign that seeks to sensitize communities about the ongoing administration of Polio vaccine to children under the age of 14 to ensure that they are protected from the disease.
Chitipa District Health Office has urged parents and guardians to ensure that all under 15 year-old children are given oral polio vaccine during the current polio vaccination campaign which will run for four days from July 12, 2023.
The Government of Malawi, through the Ministry of Health, has announced that it will kick-start the supplementary polio immunization campaign on 12 July 2023 and will run up to 15th July 2023.
The Ministry of Health has expressed satisfaction with the progress the country is making in its campaign to vaccinate children against typhoid, polio, measles and rubella diseases.
