Vaccinating 3.1 million Children to control polio outbreak in South Sudan
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Vaccinating 3.1 million Children to control polio outbreak in South Sudan
JUBA, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- South Sudan and United Nations agencies launched a nationwide polio campaign on Tuesday, aiming to vaccinate 3.1 million children.
A humanitarian crisis is escalating in Bulukat and Renk, two of the busiest transit sites in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state, the international medical organization, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors without Borders (MSF) warned on Thursday.
Since the war in Sudan broke out last April, more than half a million people have fled to South Sudan, many of whom are struggling to survive with a scarcity of humanitarian aid.