Immunisation against polio starts today

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) will today begin vaccinating children under five years against poliomyelitis, the virus-causing crippling.

The house to house vaccination is necessary because although Ghana has not recorded any case since 2002, neighbouring countries like Nigeria and Cameroon have recorded cases.

This year alone, 146 polio cases have been recorded globally with endemic countries recording 128 cases, whilst non-endemic countries recorded 18 cases.

The Programme Manager of the Expanded Programme on Immunisation Dr. George Bonsu says Ghana is at risk as any one case reported has infected more than 200 children.

He therefore asked parents to make their children who are less than five years old available for immunisation.

Source: GBC