Polio in Ghana (Northern Province)

28 Aug 2019

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative  has reported a case of polio in Chereponi district, Northern Province, Ghana in a patient who became paralysed on 23 July 2019.

Advice for Travellers

The World Health Organisation recommendsthat "all travellers to polio-affected areas be fully vaccinated against polio. Residents (and visitors for more than 4 weeks) from infected areas should receive an additional dose of OPV or inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) within 4 weeks to 12 months of travel."

Travellers to polio-affected areas should consider a booster of poliomyelitis vaccine if it has been more than 10 years since most recent vaccination.

For further information see Poliomyelitis.