Polio Case Sparks New Immunization Drive
Bangladesh will vaccinate nearly 18 million children against polio beginning next month, after detecting the first case of the crippling disease in nearly six years.
Children younger than 5 will be vaccinated during three nationwide immunization days in April, May and June, a joint statement by UNICEF and the World Health Organization said.
The country’s efforts to be declared polio-free, including previous vaccination campaigns, were thwarted with the recently identified case of a 9-year-old girl who became paralyzed by the disease. Before that, the last polio case was reported in 2000.
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