Gov flags gaps assome children miss polio vaccines

The Ministry of Health and Social Services has acknowledged that some children were missed during recent polio outbreak response vaccination campaigns, even as Namibia% coverage of more than 90 percent in its nationwide rollout.

Deputy health minister Suzan Ndjaleka on Monday said the campaigns achieved significant progress in reaching children under the age of 10 years during the response to a vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) outbreak, but gaps remained in ensuring that every eligible child was vaccinated.

Ndjaleka said each missed child represented a gap in protection against poliovirus transmission and underscored the need for closer scrutiny of the vaccination campaign performance.