Polio-free Sudan directive

A joint mission, which includes experts from the World Health Organization, UNICEF and the American Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, America, has ordered Sudan to be declared free of the mutated polio virus. The joint mission directive was adopted after a thorough assessment of all response activities and the sensitivity of the surveillance system in the country during a two-week visit during which several Sudanese states were visited to verify data and implement a comprehensive response, and the results of the assessment of response efforts showed the success of a number of activities. , chief among which were two vaccination campaigns in November 2020 and January 2021, targeting 9 million children under the age of five.