Ministry of Health (MoH) Director General Dr Patrick Amoth has issued a fresh directive to parents following the conclusion of investigations into a past polio vaccination campaign. While speaking ...

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has issued a statement concerning reports that children have been admitted to hospitals during the ongoing polio vaccination exercise. In a statement on Thursday ...

NAIROBI, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's Ministry of Health said Thursday it will vaccinate 3.4 million children below five years in 13 counties against polio in May and June. The first phase of the ...

MAKUENI The oral polio vaccine being given to children all over the country is safe, Makueni subcounty medical officer of health Dr Solomon Maundu has said. Kenya: Polio Vaccine Is Safe - MoH ...

The Ministry of Health is set to run its second Oral Polio Vaccine campaign for 2023 from Saturday in joint efforts with the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI).

Roman Catholic bishops in Kenya have urged citizens to boycott a mass polio vaccination campaign, unless the safety of the vaccine has been confirmed through scientific tests.

The goal, according to Kenya’s ministry of health and its partners, is to reach about 750,000 children under the age of five. About 238,000 children ages 6 to 15 in certain areas will also be ...

NAIROBI, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's Ministry of Health said on Monday that it has rolled out a new polio vaccination campaign targeting some 993,458 children in the northern part of the country ...

How Kenya can win the tough battle against polio Friday, May 11, 2018 — updated on December 18, 2020 - 5 min read Dr Peter Okoth, Unicef health specialist. photo | salaton njau ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya announced its first polio infection in 20 years on Wednesday, after a 4-year-old girl was diagnosed with the disease along the country’s remote border with Sudan. “In ...

“The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with UNICEF Kenya, WHO, and other health partners, is set to launch a significant 5-day vaccination campaign against polio in Nairobi, Kiambu, Garissa ...

Kenya's Catholic Bishops Call for Polio Vaccine Boycott August 13, 2015 1:55 PM By Lenny Ruvaga; ... Nairobi, workers from the Ministry of Health are doing rounds, immunizing children against polio.