Experts warn of polio, measles comeback as donor vaccine funding ends

A Community Health Promoter gives polio drops to a child during a vaccination campaign in West Pokot County. [Courtesy]

Health experts are warning of a potential resurgence of polio and measles in Kenya if the government fails to step up funding for immunisation programmes.

They say the country risks reversing decades of progress unless urgent action is taken to replace donor support, which has long sustained vaccine efforts but is now coming to an end.