June 2022: Somalia completes 2nd round of national polio campaign

Somalia ran the second round of a national polio immunization drive June 5-8. The effort targeted 3.5 million children under age 5 with mOPV2 drops in all districts in the south and central parts of the country (excluding Puntland and Somaliland). For four days, over 20,664 polio vaccinators went house to house to administer oral drops; in addition, 4,090 supervisors and 10,333 social mobilizers monitored the quality of the campaigns and conducted community outreach and engagement efforts. WHO Somalia