From March to July 2020, 60 polio vaccination campaigns in 28 countries were suspended because COVID-19 impacted polio eradication efforts. Currently, there are over 35 countries facing polio outbreaks, a disease that can cripple children for life.
Polio is one of the only three diseases classified as a public health emergency of international concern along with Ebola and COVID-19 pandemic. Detection of polio is a Public Health Emergency in any country. Since the restart of the polio outbreaks in 2021, UNICEF has delivered over 530 million doses of polio vaccine to protect children around the world from polio.
This World Immunization Week, we show the journey of the polio vaccine right from the manufacturer until the time that it reaches a child focusing on Liberia. Visit our website for more information about UNICEF Supply Division's work: [ Ссылка ]
