The second phase of the nationwide polio immunisation exercise by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) is scheduled for Thursday, November 21 to Sunday, November 24, 2024, targeting at least 7.2 million children under five years.
The second phase, which follows the first one which took place from October 17 to 20, 2024, is to ensure maximum protection and immunity among children against the poliovirus.
At least 18,500 healthcare workers and volunteers, organised into 11,335 teams, would be deployed to various districts to carry out the exercise in schools, bus stations and from house-to-house outreaches across the country.
It is expected that two doses of the oral polio vaccines (OPVs) will be administered to eligible children during the exercise.