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6/29/12 11:42 AM

Angola
Over 1000 teams for polio vaccination campaign

Uíge – A total of 1,406 vaccination teams and 289 supervisors, 82 coordinators and 96 municipal commission technicians have been mobilised for the poliomyelitis campaign in northern Uige province. 


 
According to the provincial supervisor of the Broad Vaccination Campaign (PAV), Lucrécia Pedro, 586 mobilising agents and 18 supervisors have been recruited for the present campaign in the region going from June 29 to July 1.


               
During the campaign, according to the source, PAV is expected to vaccinate 515,570 children aged from zero to five years.


 
Speaking to Angop, Lucrécia Paim said all is in place for the campaign in all municipalities of the province.


 
Lucrécia Pedro also stated that 1.7 million children aged from zero and five years were vaccinated in January and March this year in the province. 537,263 under the  first phase and 538.121 under  the second.






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