Phase 2 of the nationwide polio campaign was launched today by Health and HIV/AIDS Minister, Sir Puka Temo. The Minister also declared 2019 as, “The Year of Immunization”.
During the first phase of the nationwide polio campaign last year, a total of 3.2 million children under the age of 15 were vaccinated.
This year, the National Department of Health in partnership with the United Nations, World Health Organisation, United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, the Australian Government and other partners are looking at taking things a notch higher to making Papua New Guinea polio-free again.
