As lab samples have revealed the presence of the polio virus in the country, the Ministry of Health and partners will start a second round of vaccination drive. The four-day mass immunization campaign is scheduled for March 19 – 22, 2022, and children below 5 years will be the leading[Read More…]
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Health Ministry To Launch Gambia Polio Vaccine Campaign
The Ministry of Health with support from partners such as, Global Polio Eradication Initiative, WHO, UNICEF, CDC and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will embark on a polio vaccination campaign in the Gambia on Saturday, the second nationwide campaign to fight the disease. The campaign, which is aimed at reaching[Read More…]
U.S. Gives Over 100 Thousand More COVID-19 Vaccine Doses To Gambia
The United States government through the COVAX Facility is delivering an additional 100,620 COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Gambia. The vaccines will arrive in the country on Thursday, March 3, 2022. This new shipment of Pfizer doses follows the donation of over 300,000 doses of the Single-Dose Johnson & Johnson[Read More…]
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