Polio vaccination campaign starts in Angola

A campaign to vaccinate nearly three million children against polio has begun in Angola.

Thousands of volunteers will participate in the operation in a bid to vaccinate eighty percent of children aged five years and under.

To ensure maximum coverage, the volunteers will make house-to-house visits with stamps being stuck on the doors of every home where the vaccinations have taken place.

Last year, a similar campaign was carried out after a polio epidemic left hundreds of Angolan children paralysed.

A BBC correspondent in Angola says although the polio virus is now under control, this year's task to vaccinate the entire country remains huge.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service