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Djibouti carries out mass immunization to protect children against polio, amid outbreaks in the Horn of Africa

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Djibouti carries out mass immunization to protect children against polio, amid outbreaks in the Horn of Africa

A child being immunized against polio in Djibouti

5 December 2018 – Early analysis of campaign data points to a successful vaccination round in a polio-free country at risk of possible importation.

In the last week of October, Djibouti’s Ministry of Health, working with WHO, UNICEF and other partners, successfully carried out the tiny country’s first polio National Immunization Days (NIDs) since 2015.

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