Sentences with word «vaccinators»

Two months later gunmen killed 10 polio workers in Nigeria — a sign that the deliberate targeting of polio vaccinators for death may be spreading.

Outfitted in blue Rotary vests and flanked by armed military personnel, Rotary vaccinators wade through a sea of traffic to find any child who hasn't received the polio vaccine.

And on the other side, nine vaccinators killed after Muslim clerics whip up anti-vaccine sentiment:

And for the minimal vaccinators out there?

Several media outlets are reporting that the victims in Kano were polio vaccinators as well and have speculated that the terrorist group Boko Haram is involved.

As part of those efforts, vaccinators go door to door delivering drops of oral polio vaccine to children.

On the twice - annual national vaccination days, 2.3 million vaccinators visit 209 million households.

It isn't hindered by the same logistical challenges that deter vaccinators from reaching children where roads stop and transport becomes next to impossible.

«Right now, vaccinators are in the field in Zamfara state administering doses of vaccine to contain the spread of the disease,» Lawal Bakare, from the agency, told newsmen.

Much of Borno is under control of the ruthless terrorist group Boko Haram, vaccinators have been unable to reach large numbers of children, and the insurgency has disrupted surveillance for the virus, which seems to have been circulating undetected for 5 years.