The third round of the Polio vaccination campaign in Oshana Region is progressing successfully despite some community resistance.
Targeting children under 10, the campaign follows outbreaks detected earlier this year.
Polio vaccination is not compulsory in Namibia, and no child should be immunised without parental or guardian consent, Health and Social Services Minister Dr. Esperance Luvindao assured the National Assembly this week.
Namibia is in the process of its second nationwide polio vaccination campaign, starting from February 14 to 27, targeting all children under the age of ten.
The type two polio virus was detected in November last year in a sewage sample at Ndama, an informal settlement in Rundu in the Kavango East Region.
The ||Kharas Region has achieved its polio vaccination campaign target, after a 91% coverage in the first round of the polio vaccination since it started in January.
As the country continues with the nationwide polio vaccination, nurses in the Oshana Region are calling on parents and guardians to heed the call for immunisation by taking children under the age of 10 years to the nearest vaccination point.
The Omusati Region has launched its Polio Vaccination Campaign as part of the nationwide polio immunisation drive.
The four-day vaccination campaign, which aims to immunise all children under the age of 10, will be rolled out throughout the region.
The Ministry of Health and Social Services is aiming to vaccinate more than 95% of eligible children in the Zambezi Region during the ongoing nationwide polio vaccination campaign.
This target translates to about 41,000 children under the age of ten, despite the region having recorded no cases of polio.
The Erongo Region's polio campaign was launched at Hanganeni Primary School by the Swakopmund Constituency Councillor Victor Maswahu, on behalf of the Erongo leadership.
