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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Charles Pensulo in Blantyre and Kat Lay

Influencers, misinformation and aid cuts: the fight to halt polio in Malawi

A baby is being held as a hand holding a medicine dropper reaches towards its open mouth.
Mary Julius holds her baby, who is receiving her first polio vaccine in Blantyre, Malawi. The country has launched a vaccination drive following a new polio outbreak. Photograph: Eldson Chagara/Reuters

As a seven-year-old boy is treated for polio at a hospital in Malawi, the country has launched a major vaccination campaign to stem an outbreak of the disease.

The effort in Malawi, one of the world’s poorest countries and badly hit by the aid cuts, has seen an astonishing 1.3 million children already vaccinated against the disease in just four days after emergency supplies were airlifted in by the World Health Organization (WHO) just over a week ago.

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