Isiro, September 3rd, 2025(CPA) – Stakeholders were called on Wednesday in Isiro to support the polio vaccination campaign carried out in the province of Haut-Uélé, in the north-east of the Democratic Republic, at the official launching ceremony presided over by a representative of the provincial governor.
« Polio cripples children for life. I therefore call on the political, administrative, security and health authorities, civil society players, religious leaders, parents and guardians to support this campaign for the well-being of our children. To vaccinate is to love, to vaccinate is to protect, to vaccinate is to save« , has said Jacques Anzatepedanga, Provincial Minister in charge of Finance, representing the provincial governor. ‘I would like to pay tribute to the President of the Republic for his commitment to universal health coverage, a message that was reinforced at the second governors’ conference held last June in Kolwezi in Lwalaba (…) I would also like to thank Governor Jean Bakomito, who has embraced and supported this vision and cares about the health of his people’, he has added. According to Dr Jose Lolekoleko, Acting Head of Division at the Haut-Uele Provincial Health Department/DPS, the campaign is targeting children aged 0-59 months, i.e. 54, 5301 children in 13 Health Zones (ZS) and 213 health areas in Haut-Uele.
The ceremony began with a motorised caravan from the provincial health division, passing along the Boulevards du June 30th, and Maiandra before dropping into the hangar of the Mayogo health centre.
The event was attended by technical and financial partners, political and administrative authorities and a number of relatives and guests who had come for the occasion. The campaign will run for four days, from September 4th, to 07th, 2025.