HIGHLIGHTS
• Over 4 million children vaccinated against polio through Sudan’s national immunization campaign.
• Pastoral families in Darfur, West and South Kordofan, Kassala, Red Sea and Gedaref states are at risk of livestock losses due to poor pastures caused by low rains.
• National campaign combating child marriage in Sudan launched on 25 November.
• In 2015, an estimated 31,000 people have been affected by floods in Sudan.
National polio vaccination campaign reaches 4 million children in Sudan
More than 4 million children under 5 years have received the polio vaccination and a vitamin A supplement through the Sudan national immunization campaign conducted from 2 to 4 November, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The campaign was conducted in all 18 states in the country with the aim of strengthening immunity against the polio virus. The last polio case in Sudan was reported in March 2009 and since then it has been polio free, according to the WHO.
Sudan is considered at risk of the wild polio virus due to the large numbers of people— including internally displaced people and refugees—moving throughout the country. WHO works with Sudan's Expanded Programme on Immunization at federal and state levels to support the planning; training of supervisors, vaccinators and volunteers; and advocating among communities in support of the campaign.