85m African children to get polio vaccine

THE World Health Organisation has said more than 85 million children under five in west and central Africa will be vaccinated against polio.

The campaign in 19 countries by United Nations agencies and the Red Cross will start on 6 March. It will involve 400,000 volunteers and health workers. It is largely funded by Rotary International. WHO says a 2008 polio outbreak in Nigeria spread throughout western Africa.