Sierra Leone Launches 2nd Round Polio National Immunization Campaign 2012

25 Oct 2012

Sierra Leone Launches 2nd Round Polio National Immunization Campaign 2012

Sierra Leone launched the 2nd round Polio National Immunization Days (NIDs) 2012 campaign on 19 October. The four days campaign is targeting to administer Oral Polio Vaccine to 1.3 million under five children nationwide. The campaign is being synchronised with 9 other Western African Countries to protect all children under the age of 5 years against the wild polio virus and to interrupt circulation of the virus in the region.