Kenya On Major Polio Alert

Kenya has launched polio vaccination campaigns in 22 districts around the country after a young man in the Dadaab refugee camp complex died from the virus last month, Kenya's Daily Nation reported Monday (August 19th).

The five-day vaccination campaign began Saturday, will cost about 500 million shillings ($5.7 million) and will target 4.9 million people.

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