Botswana: Immunisation campaign to eradicate polio

Botswana's ministry of health has announced it will vaccinate an estimated 200,000 children in a national polio immunisation programme to be rolled out in the next two weeks. Dr Themba Moeti, the deputy director of health services, told a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in the capital, Gaborone, on Tuesday that the first phase would run between 10 and 14 May, with a second round from 14 to 18 June.