{"id":2492,"date":"2025-11-04T04:33:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T04:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/?p=2492"},"modified":"2025-11-04T04:33:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T04:33:41","slug":"dr-moses-mwangi-welcomes-kenyas-shift-to-injectable-polio-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/index.php\/2025\/11\/04\/dr-moses-mwangi-welcomes-kenyas-shift-to-injectable-polio-vaccine\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Moses Mwangi Welcomes Kenya\u2019s Shift to Injectable Polio Vaccine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Renowned medic and respected Murang\u2019a businessman Dr. Moses Mwangi has welcomed the government\u2019s announcement of a major shift in Kenya\u2019s polio immunization strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Health recently confirmed that the country will transition from the Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) to the Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV), which is administered through injection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Moses described the move as a long overdue significant milestone in the nation\u2019s public health journey, noting that the switch aligns Kenya with global best practices in disease prevention and eradication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis transition marks a new chapter in our fight against polio. It enhances protection for our children and reflects Kenya\u2019s commitment to modern, evidence-based immunization strategies,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The adoption of the IPV is expected to strengthen the country\u2019s capacity to eliminate the poliovirus and safeguard future generations from preventable diseases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Renowned medic and respected Murang\u2019a businessman Dr. Moses Mwangi has welcomed the government\u2019s announcement of a major shift in Kenya\u2019s polio immunization strategy. The Ministry of Health recently confirmed that the country will transition from the Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) to the Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV), which is administered through injection. Dr. Moses described the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2492"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2493,"href":"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2492\/revisions\/2493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}