GHS: Polio Vaccination For Children Under 5 Years

The Ministry of Health in conjunction with the Ghana Health Service has announced a polio vaccination exercise for children under 5 years.

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This exercise is reported to take two phases. The first phase will commence on September 10 to 13, 2020; while the second phase will take off from October 8 to 10, 2020.

According to the Director-General of GHS, Dr Patrick Kuma Aboagye, the Polio vaccination will begin in eight regions so parents are encouraged to have their wards vaccinated.

His words are stated in a tweet below
“Polio vaccination will begin in eight regions for children under 5 years from 10 – 13 Sept 2020 for ROUND 1 and 8 – 11 for ROUND 2. Parents must ensure that children under 5 are vaccinated”.