Cote d'Ivoire: Unrest Delays Polio Vaccine Drive

Insecurity has forced health officials in the country to delay a polio vaccine campaign in a southern town where at least three people have recently contracted the disease.

Polio has been gaining ground again in Côte d'Ivoire...

...because many children have not been able to receive...

...the vaccine in recent months due to the crisis.

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