The World Health Organization and United Nations Children’s Fund are urging the government in Ukraine to give the immediate go-ahead for a life-saving nationwide polio immunization campaign. The U.N. agencies warn the government’s failure to back the campaign is putting the lives of nearly 2 million children at risk.
Six weeks after a polio outbreak and despite repeated requests by aid agencies, Ukrainian authorities still have not given permission for a nationwide immunization campaign to begin.
WHO communications officer Oliver Rosenbauer told VOA the political indecision could cost the lives of many children.
“Time is absolutely of the essence. The longer this virus …read more
Source: Voice of America
