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CGP-GHS HOA Newsletter (July – September 2021)

In a renewed effort to prevent children in Somalia from contracting polio, the Federal MOH, in collaboration with WHO, UNICEF, and other GPEI partners, introduced fractional-dose inactivated polio vaccines (fIPV) in 5 districts, targeting 90,642 children under the age of 5. This pilot project was conducted in Banadir, Galgadud, Gedo in South Central Somalia and Sahil in Somaliland and achieved coverage of 92%. A fraction of the IPV vaccine offers a specific kind of immunity like one full dose of inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) in children previously immunized with oral polio vaccine (OPV). The use of fIPV is critical in responding to polio outbreak such as the one in Somalia.