Malawi launches polio vaccine programme

Malawi has started a vaccination programme across the commercial city of Blantyre after derived poliovirus was found in sewage samples.

The initiative is targeting eight districts of Blantyre, which is the country’s second largest city.

Children under the age of five are particularly vulnerable to the disease, as Dr Akosua Sika Ayisi, public health physician at the World Health Organization explained.

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