On 25 June 2019, a vaccine-derived poliovirus type 1 (cVDPV1) was detected and reported by Ministry of Health & Sports in Hpa Pun township, Kayin state. Subsequently, five more cases have been identified and confirmed from Hpa-pun township, a remote location of Kayin state, where government access for providing basic health services, including immunization is very limited. A vaccine-derived poliovirus is a very rare strain of the poliovirus that occurs mainly in populations with low immunization coverage.
Three vaccination campaigns with bivalent oral polio vaccine (bOPV) have been conducted in 12 nearby townships around Hpa-pun. Ministry of Health & Sports, in collaboration with WHO and partners, conducted one large scale bOPV vaccination campaign in 25-27 August, with a second large scale campaign scheduled last week of October 2019 to cover 98 high risk townships across the country. This is targeting 1.2 million children under five years old twice. The second large scale bOPV campaign will further include measles and rubella vaccination, thereby adding protection against two further diseases targeted for elimination. WHO Myanmar produced special newsletters on preventing polio in English and Myanmar languages -- available at https://bit.ly/32JREAY and https://bit.ly/2q48tJL -- and on measles prevention in both languages, available at https://bit.ly/2QolkB8 and https://bit.ly/2rFkQw2
Three vaccination campaigns with bivalent oral polio vaccine (bOPV) have been conducted in 12 nearby townships around Hpa-pun. Ministry of Health & Sports, in collaboration with WHO and partners, conducted one large scale bOPV vaccination campaign in 25-27 August, with a second large scale campaign scheduled last week of October 2019 to cover 98 high risk townships across the country. This is targeting 1.2 million children under five years old twice. The second large scale bOPV campaign will further include measles and rubella vaccination, thereby adding protection against two further diseases targeted for elimination. WHO Myanmar produced special newsletters on preventing polio in English and Myanmar languages -- available at https://bit.ly/32JREAY and https://bit.ly/2q48tJL -- and on measles prevention in both languages, available at https://bit.ly/2QolkB8 and https://bit.ly/2rFkQw2