The Ministry of Health (MOH) has announced that it will conduct a polio immunization campaign in four northeastern counties over the next five days in response to the polio outbreak reported in Ethiopia near the Kenyan border in October last year.
In a statement on Friday, February 21, Public Health Principal Secretary Mary Muthoni confirmed that the immunization campaign will be conducted in Marsabit, Wajir, Garissa, and Mandera counties from February 21 to February 25.
According to Muthoni, the campaign will target 176,949 children under 11 years of age in Marsabit County and 651,252 children under five years of age in Wajir, Garissa, and Mandera counties.
The PS also noted that a subsequent round of polio immunization campaigns will take place in April 2025 in these four counties.
