September 2022: Ghana rolls out 1st round of polio outbreak response

Ghana rolled out the first round of a polio outbreak response campaign September 1-4, following confirmation of cVDPV2 from two acute flaccid paralysis cases in North Gonja and West Manprusi. The four-day effort targeted over 6 million children under age 5 across all 16 regions of the country with nOPV2 drops. The second round is scheduled for October 6-9. WHO Ghana