Kenya: Immunise Children Against Polio, Save Lives

23 October 2018

Since 2014, Kenya has been free of any wild poliovirus (WPV) circulation. Routine environmental surveillance by the Ministry of Health has, however, revealed traces of the polio virus Type Two in Eastleigh and Kamukunji in Nairobi County.

WPVs are naturally occurring isolates known or believed to have circulated persistently in the community and may be infectious.

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