Tanzania vaccinated 6.99 million children against polio — beating its own target

In August, Tanzania wrapped the third round of a nationwide polio immunization push — and the numbers beat the plan. Field teams vaccinated 6,991,461 children under 10 across eight high-priority regions, surpassing the national target of 6,555,511. A WHO Regional Office for Africa field report released October 1 tells the human story behind the two drops of vaccine: community health worker Agnes Frednand Njaiko going household to household — 'You cannot just say we did not find the child and move on' — vaccinator Ester Njidile making sure every dose is recorded, and pastors like Amos Nahhato earning families' trust. Eradicating disease depends less on the vaccine than on the people who deliver it.