Stakeholders call for concerted efforts to end polio

Health stakeholders from Western and Nyanza region ave intensified the push to wipe out polio in the country. According to the stakeholders, while only 0.1 percent remains in the global fight against polio, cultural beliefs and vaccine resistance threaten the progress. Speaking in Bungoma during World Polio Day celebrations, the stakeholders called for stronger collaboration between national and county governments, health workers and parents to ensure every child is vaccinated. The event also provided a platform for Polio survivors to share their experiences and urge communities to abandon retrogressive beliefs and embrace vaccination. They warned that without sustained sensitization and routine jabs, future generations remain at risk of the preventable but devastating disease.