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Malawi strives to reach every child in polio vaccination drive [1]

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Date: 2022-11

WHO/Marta Villa Monge

Blan Makawi, a senior health surveillance assistant based at Karemba Community Hospital in Nsanje, southern Malawi, was instrumental in the largest of the settlements, Bangura camp. With his motorcycle he was able to reach more children faster.



The situation has now improved since the natural disaster as people are managing to return to their homes and the camp is being dismantled. Makawi recalls how more than 2000 families grappled with hardship in Bangura camp. “They had lost everything, and here we were not only at risk of polio, but also at risk of other diseases such as cholera, measles, or malaria,” he says.

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