The Ministry of Health, the Ghana Health Service, and their partners from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative have launched the 2024 National Oral Polio Vaccine Type 2 (NOPV2) vaccination campaign in Koforidua under the theme, "Kick Polio Out of Ghana," as the country continues to face the threat of polio transmission despite previous eradication efforts.
The campaign aims to vaccinate over six million children under five years old across the country.
The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr.
Patrick Kumah Aboagye, underscored the importance of boosting population immunity to prevent the spread of poliovirus type 2, especially following recent environmental detections of the virus in Koforidua. "The two rounds of the polio campaign, which we are launching today, are an essential part of the country's broader strategy to close the immunity gaps that allow poliovirus to persist," he said The first round of vaccinations will take place from October 17 to 20, 2024, and the second round will follow from November 14 to 17, 2024.