February 2022: Malawi plans to launch polio outbreak response

Malawi will launch a national polio outbreak response vaccination campaign in March, following the detection of the first wild poliovirus case in Africa in five years. The case is also Malawi’s first in 30 years. The campaign will target around 2.9 million children under age 5 and will extend beyond Malawi’s borders to neighboring countries. WHO; RFI; VOA