Firmino Arlindo has been going door-to-door to talk to families about the importance of protecting their children after his six year-old daughter Jemita was diagnosed with polio in December 2018.
After his six year-old daughter Jemita was diagnosed with polio in December 2018, Firmino Arlindo became an advocate for the polio vaccine, going door to door to talk to families about the importance ...
When Round 1 of the polio vaccination campaign began, he asked to work as a vaccinator. His aim: to protect his community against the suffering his daughter and their family have been through.
Mozambique: Father Vaccinates Community After Daughter Paralyzed By Polio in Mozambique
WHO, 2 May 2019
After his six year-old daughter Jemita was diagnosed with polio in December 2018, Firmino Arlindo became an advocate for the polio vaccine, going door to door to talk to families… Read more »
Mozambique: Polio Vacination Campaign to Target 700,000 Children
AIM, 28 January 2019
More than 700,000 children under the age of five will be vaccinated against polio in the Mozambican provinces of Zambezia, Nampula, and Niassa after three cases of the disease were… Read more »
Global immunisation experts are urging African countries to strengthen their routine immunization. According to the World Health Organisation, over the past five years, ... Read more »
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