POLIO OUTBREAK IN REFUGEE COMPLEX IN KENYA BEING CONTAINED, SAY UN AGENCIES

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POLIO OUTBREAK IN REFUGEE COMPLEX IN KENYA BEING CONTAINED, SAY UN
AGENCIESNew York, May 31 2013 12:00PMUnited Nations agencies and their
partners are carrying out an intensive vaccination campaign to contain
a polio outbreak in the world's largest refugee camp, Dadaab complex
in north-eastern Kenya.

Around 288,000 children aged 0 to 15 years are being targeted in the
campaign, according to a news release issued by the World Health
Organization (WHO) and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

Since the first case was discovered on 17 May, laboratory tests have
confirmed that four more people have polio, a highly infectious
disease caused by a virus that invades the nervous system and can
cause total paralysis in a matter of hours.

The first round of vaccinations will be completed today, the agencies
said. The next round, which begins in one week, will target the whole
refugee population in Dadaab – some 424,000 people. The campaign will
have four rounds in total.

At the same time, the Kenyan Ministry of Health is also conducting a
vaccination campaign among the host community population in North
Eastern Province in close collaboration with WHO.

The polio outbreak in Dadaab comes after a similar outbreak in
Somalia, where one case has been reported in the capital, Mogadishu.
The Somali Government has expressed concern about the situation in
south-central Somalia, where immunization activities have not taken
place for the last three years because of the security situation.

Currently, only three countries – Nigeria, Afghanistan and Pakistan –
are polio endemic.May 31 2013 12:00PM
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