He advised the teams to reach and vaccinate every child during the campaign as wild poliovirus was still circulating in the region that could attack any
unimmunised child.
While it has virtually eliminated, polio remains a threat to global health because as long as a single child remains infected, the virus can easily be spread into polio-free countries and
unimmunised populations, according to the health body.
Unfortunately, most of those reported were in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and the danger is that so long as a single child remains infected, the virus can quickly spread into polio-free countries and
unimmunised populations.
They said in Laikipia East subcounty the number of
unimmunised children is growing rapidly.
"However due to ongoing measles outbreaks in Europe, we will continue to see cases, particularly in
unimmunised individuals.This could lead to some spread in communities with low MMR coverage."
It is not in the nature of doctors to turn away patients, but more pediatricians in Dallas and surrounding communities are doing just that to reduce the risk of
unimmunised children spreading illness to infants too young to have been inoculated.
More than four million children are
unimmunised and tens of millions of Nigerians still do not have access to clean water and proper sanitation, putting children's health at risk.
class="MsoNormalAmong the factors at play is that the virus can easily be imported into a polio-free country and spread rapidly among
unimmunised populations.
"The UK recently achieved World Health Organisation measles elimination status and so the overall risk of measles to the UK population is low, however, we will continue to see cases in
unimmunised individuals and limited onward spread can occur in communities with low MMR coverage, and in age groups with very close mixing."
"The UK recently achieved WHO measles elimination status and so the overall risk of measles to the UK population is low, however, we will continue to see cases in
unimmunised individuals and limited onward spread can occur in communities with low MMR coverage and in age groups with very close mixing."
Dr Ramsay said: "Due to ongoing measles outbreaks within Europe, we will continue to see imported measles cases in the UK in
unimmunised individuals.