Tajikistan is launching a nationwide polio vaccination campaign in response to the first outbreak of the disease in the country in more than a decade.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said an outbreak of the disease has killed 12 people since March.
Thirty-two cases of polio have been confirmed and 171 cases of acute flaccid paralysis, the primary symptom of polio, recorded.
UNICEF has supplied 4 million doses of polio vaccine to Tajikistan, where the mass vaccination that begins on May 1 is due to take place through June.
The last case of polio previously detected in Tajikistan was in 1997.
compiled from agency reports
The World Health Organization (WHO) said an outbreak of the disease has killed 12 people since March.
Thirty-two cases of polio have been confirmed and 171 cases of acute flaccid paralysis, the primary symptom of polio, recorded.
UNICEF has supplied 4 million doses of polio vaccine to Tajikistan, where the mass vaccination that begins on May 1 is due to take place through June.
The last case of polio previously detected in Tajikistan was in 1997.
compiled from agency reports
