Angola: UN-backed vaccination campaign against polio in children begins

Angola’s health authorities have begun immunizing 5 million children under the age of five against polio, part of a campaign by United Nations agencies to make sure the country is not caught up in the current wave of re-infections across Africa. Backed by officials from the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organisation, as well as several non-governmental organizations (NGOs), 12,000 vaccination teams will fan out across the country, the UN agencies said in a statement.