Tapoa: The Diapaga health district is on a crusade against polio. Like other health districts in Burkina Faso, the Diapaga health district launched the polio vaccination campaign at the Diapaga urban CSPS on Friday, November 7, 2025.
According to Burkina Information Agency, the ceremony was chaired by the province's secretary general, Martin Zoundi, and it brought together various administrative, local, customary, and religious authorities, along with representatives from civil society organizations, community-based organizations, and health workers. The representative of the chief medical officer of the Diapaga health district, Inoussa Maga, outlined the district's objectives and expectations for this first round of vaccinations, stating that 226,000 doses are available for a target population of 191,713 children aged 0 to 59 months.
The vaccination campaign is scheduled to take place from November 7 to 10, 2025, and it is being combined with the JVA (Vitamin A Supplementation Days), deworming, and malnutrition screening. Maga highlighted that the commune of Kantchari is commencing its second round of vaccinations due to the discovery of a polio case in June 2025 at the local medical center. The strategy being employed includes both fixed and door-to-door approaches to ensure wide coverage.
During the ceremony, provincial secretary general Martin Zoundi reiterated the administration's dedication to facilitating social mobilization throughout the district. He emphasized the urgency of the campaign, stating, "Polio is a contagious disease and a cause of death among our children. No child between 0 and 59 months should be left out of the operation," while commending the health workers' tireless efforts to eliminate the disease from Burkina Faso.
Zoundi also urged traditional and religious authorities, as well as civil society organizations, to fully commit to the campaign to guarantee its success. The event concluded with officials administering the symbolic "two drops that save," marking the commencement of the first phase of the vaccination campaign in the Diapaga health district.