Angola plans to vaccinate 10.9 million children against polio and measles

Athe Angolan health authorities predict to vaccinate more than ten million children in four days, from Friday, against polio, yellow fever and measles, advanced the national coordinator of the Extended Vaccination Program (VAP).

According to Alda de Sousa, the campaign is expected to reach 10.9 million children, to whom doses of vaccines against the poliomyelitis virus, to children under 5 years of age, and measles, to children between 9 months and 9 years of age, will be administered throughout the country.

As for the yellow fever vaccine, Alda de Sousa said, in statements to the Angola National Radio, that it will only be administered to children from 9 months to 9 years, in municipalities of the provinces of Luanda and Icolo and Bengo.

“ Vaccination will be carried out in fixed places, we will have mobile and advanced teams that will move to places with higher concentration of children, namely schools, day care centers, markets, we will also ensure vaccination in remote areas with the three vaccination strategies ", said.

For polio vaccination, orally, the strategy provides for door-to-door to ensure that no one is left out.

“ In terms of human resources we are counting on 77,269 agents and 11,300 vaccination teams,” he said.