“Angola: Optimism About Poliomyelitis Eradication by 2005”

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Information provided by the Angolan Health Ministry, the World Health Organization, and UNICEF suggests that Angola has a good chance of eliminating poliomyelitis from the country by 2005. Fatima Valente, director of the Broad Vaccination Programme, said the prospects of Angola meeting the deadline set by the United Nations are favorable, as there has been no recorded case of polio in the country since 2001. Further fueling optimism is the improved quality of prevention, such as epidemiological surveillance and door-to-door routine vaccine coverage. Two upcoming rounds of immunization, in late July and late August, aim to vaccinate 4.5 million Angolan children under the age of five against polio.

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