Banwa: At least 90,101 children aged 0 to 59 months will be vaccinated against polio. The Solenzo health district held an advocacy meeting with leaders from different social groups in Solenzo on Wednesday, November 5, 2025, in the district meeting room to present the objectives and expectations of the polio campaign.

According to Burkina Information Agency, a total of 90,101 children will benefit from this vaccination, as stated by Issouf Ouedraogo, the head of the expanded immunization program for the health district. This campaign is scheduled to take place from Friday, November 7th to Monday, November 10th, 2025, throughout the entire province. It will coincide with the second round of the vitamin A supplementation campaign and the screening for acute malnutrition.

Officials from the Solenzo health district have adopted a door-to-door strategy to ensure successful vaccination. Each targeted child will receive two drops from the bottle in their mouth. Abdoul Kader KongZabre, Secretary General of the Banwa Province, who presided over the advocacy, invited all participants to act as unifiers and awareness-raisers for the total success of this vaccination campaign.