Somalia: Unicef Steps Up Efforts to Stop Polio Outbreak in Somalia With Help of Japanese Grant

5 August 2013

An emergency contribution from Japan will enable the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and its partners to tackle a polio outbreak in Somalia that has already paralyzed nearly 100 children and threatens hundreds of thousands more who are not vaccinated.

UNICEF said it will be able to procure and distribute urgently needed polio vaccines, and prevent the further spread of the virus across the Horn of Africa nation and into neighbouring countries with the $1.3 million provided by the Japanese Government.

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