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Mozambique: Public Health Emergency Declared Over Polio
AIM, 19 May 2022
The Mozambican health authorities on Wednesday declared a public health emergency following the confirmation of a case of wild polio virus (PVS1). Read more »
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Mozambique: First Polio Outbreak in 30 Years Declared in Mozambique
UN News, 18 May 2022
Health authorities in Mozambique declared an outbreak of wild poliovirus on Wednesday after confirming that a child in the country's north-eastern Tete province, had contracted the… Read more »
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Africa: WHO Concerned Over Polio Outbreak in Southeastern Africa
VOA, 18 May 2022
The World Health Organization says authorities in Mozambique have declared an outbreak of wild poliovirus type 1 after confirming that a child in the country's northeastern Tete… Read more »
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Mozambique: Polio Vaccination Surpasses Target
AIM, 31 March 2022
The Mozambican Health Ministry on Wednesday announced that it has surpassed the target set for vaccinating children under the age of five against polio. Read more »
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Southern Africa: Eradicating Polio Would Eradicate So Much Tragedy
allAfrica, 23 March 2022
In the outskirts of Malawi's capital, Lilongwe, just beyond where paved roads transition to dirt, an undiagnosed polio infection paralysed a three-year-old girl. From one day to… Read more »
First Polio Outbreak In 30 Years Declared In Mozambique
Health authorities in Mozambique declared an outbreak of wild poliovirus on May 18, 2022 after confirming that a child in the north-eastern Tete province had contracted the disease. This marks the second imported case of wild poliovirus in southern Africa this year, following an outbreak in Malawi in mid-February 2022, the World Health Organization's (WHO) Regional Office for Africa said in a press release.
The lone case so far, is the country's first since 1992. Genomic sequencing analysis indicates that the newly confirmed case is linked to a strain that was circulating in Pakistan in 2019, similar to the case reported in Malawi, WHO noted.
Polio is transmitted mainly via contaminated water and food, or through contact with an infected person. The virus can cause paralysis, and is sometimes fatal.
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