So far Ethiopia has reported only six cases of polio compared with 174 in Somalia. But the landlocked country shares a thousand-mile border with Somalia. Most of it's unmarked and uncontrolled.

The World Health Organization says a new polio outbreak in Sudan is linked to an ongoing vaccine-sparked epidemic in Chad ...

A handful of polio infections in Kenya and Somalia could set back efforts to wipe out the virus worldwide, health workers warned Wednesday. The last time there was polio in this region, the virus ...

The WCO Ethiopia’s support, both technically and financially, was highly significant in the coordination, supervision, and monitoring activities. Ethiopia has initially launched a polio vaccination ...

The emergency polio immunization campaign launched Friday was being conducted in 10 zones (provinces) and 25 woredas (districts) in the six regions bordering with Sudan - South Ethiopia, Oromiya, ...

An inoculation campaign has eradicated polio in 10 African countries where the deadly disease was reintroduced after 2003, when a vaccine boycott in Nigeria was blamed for an outbreak across ...

Ethiopia has discovered 18 new cases of polio in the country and has launched a nationwide vaccination campaign, targeting 16 million children.

Home Videos Countries launch synchronized cross border campaign to fight against polio: Somali region of Ethiopia alone to vaccinate over half a million under 5 children 14 August 2024 at 5:51 ...

UNHCR is very concerned at reports this week of two suspected poliomyelitis cases among Somali refugees at Dollo Ado's Bur Amino camp in Ethiopia, and three suspected cases from the surrounding host ...

Measles initiatives, for example, have been suspended in 27 countries, including Chad and Ethiopia, and polio programs are on hold in 38, including Pakistan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

UNHCR is very concerned at reports this week of two suspected poliomyelitis cases among Somali refugees at Dollo Ado's Bur Amino camp in Ethiopia, and three suspected cases from the surrounding host ...