Mass polio vaccination campaign launched in Iraq

WHO staff member reaches out to a young Iraqi girl11 August 2014 – Iraq has launched a polio immunization campaign aiming to protect over four million children under the age of 5 throughout the country against the crippling disease. 

The four-day campaign, undertaken by the Ministry of Health with the support of WHO and UNICEF, is part of the national response to the re-emergence of the polio virus earlier this year which ended nearly 14 years of Iraq's polio-free status.

The campaign aims to reach children in conflict zones, displaced communities and host populations.

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WHO staff member reaches out to a young Iraqi girl11 August 2014 – Iraq has launched a polio immunization campaign aiming to protect over four million children under the age of 5 throughout the country against the crippling disease. 

The four-day campaign, undertaken by the Ministry of Health with the support of WHO and UNICEF, is part of the national response to the re-emergence of the polio virus earlier this year which ended nearly 14 years of Iraq's polio-free status.

The campaign aims to reach children in conflict zones, displaced communities and host populations.

Read the full story