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Health authorities now hope vaccination campaigns, such as this one in Taez, will rid Yemen of polio once again.

A Yemeni health worker visits homes during a polio vaccination campaign in Yemen's third city of Taez. All photos: AFP

A Yemeni health worker marks a child with a marker after administering the polio vaccine as part of an immunisation campaign in Yemen's third city of Taez, on February 19, 2022. (Photo by AHMAD AL-BASHA / AFP)

It is part of a widespread immunisation campaign in Taez.

Another Yemeni child receives a polio vaccination during a home visit by health workers.

Cases of polio were reported in Yemen in late 2020 for the first time since the disease was eradicated in 2006.

Then, health officials said 16 cases were recorded after the Houthi rebels denied vaccination teams access to some areas for more than two years.

Low levels of immunity in children were identified as one of the main causes of polio outbreaks in Yemen.

Health authorities now hope vaccination campaigns, such as this one in Taez, will rid Yemen of polio once again.

A Yemeni health worker visits homes during a polio vaccination campaign in Yemen's third city of Taez. All photos: AFP

A Yemeni health worker marks a child with a marker after administering the polio vaccine as part of an immunisation campaign in Yemen's third city of Taez, on February 19, 2022. (Photo by AHMAD AL-BASHA / AFP)

It is part of a widespread immunisation campaign in Taez.

Another Yemeni child receives a polio vaccination during a home visit by health workers.

Cases of polio were reported in Yemen in late 2020 for the first time since the disease was eradicated in 2006.

Then, health officials said 16 cases were recorded after the Houthi rebels denied vaccination teams access to some areas for more than two years.

Low levels of immunity in children were identified as one of the main causes of polio outbreaks in Yemen.

Health authorities now hope vaccination campaigns, such as this one in Taez, will rid Yemen of polio once again.

Yemen’s polio vaccination campaign aims to inoculate 2.4 million children

The nation was declared polio-free in 2006 but the disease reappeared in 2019, with an outbreak declared in 2020

February 20, 2022

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