October 2021: Ethiopia launches first nOPV2 campaign

Ethiopia launched its first polio vaccination campaign with nOPV2 drops on October 22, targeting over 17 million people under age 5. Ethiopia is the sixth country in Africa to roll out nOPV2, following Benin, Congo, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. Gambia, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, and Uganda also plan to implement mass immunization campaigns using nOPV2 by the end of the year. WHO Ethiopia; WHO AFRO