{"id":23742,"date":"2026-02-13T15:46:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T13:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/who-announced-prequalification-of-another-polio-vaccine-type-2\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:34:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:34:30","slug":"who-announced-prequalification-of-another-polio-vaccine-type-2","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/who-announced-prequalification-of-another-polio-vaccine-type-2\/","title":{"rendered":"WHO announced\u00a0prequalification of\u00a0another polio vaccine type 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span class=\"x_elementtoproof\">Prequalification certifies that the vaccine meets international standards for quality and safety. \u00a0 That allows U<\/span>nited Nations\u00a0<span class=\"x_elementtoproof\">agencies such as UNICEF to buy and distribute it for immunization campaigns. \u00a0The new vaccine shot is designed to be more genetically stable than older oral polio vaccines, lowering the risk of triggering new \u00a0outbreaks while helping to stop transmission. \u00a0The move follows a pledge by global leaders in December to provide $1.9 billion to support eradication efforts. \u00a0The WHO said 370 million children will benefit from the vaccine.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span class=\"x_elementtoproof\">&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":23743,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-23742","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it has prequalified another polio vaccine type 2, a step it say will speed efforts to eradicate the disease","published_date":"2026-02-13 00:00:00","news_description":"The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it has prequalified another polio vaccine type 2, a step it say will speed efforts to eradicate the disease","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26622,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23742\/revisions\/26622"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=23742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}