The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has launched a new oral polio vaccination campaign in the Ashanti Region in response to the detection of a Circulating Virus Derived Polio Type 2 strain.
This initiative comes after the identification of the new strain in the New Juabeng Municipality of the Eastern Region in September, which has been genetically linked to a similar type 2 strain found in Algeria.
Dr.
Fred Adomako-Boateng, the Ashanti Regional Health Director, made the announcement in Kumasi, emphasising the urgency of the vaccination exercise.