Two Drops and a Long Walk: Inside Mozambique’s Door-to-Door Polio Vaccination Drive

Global Citizen | 24.12.2025 03:09
Polio vaccination workers don't just deliver two lifesaving drops — sometimes they even name a child. It was afternoon in a remote village in Inhambane province, Mozambique, when a team of three found a newborn in his mother's arms during their door-to-door visits. When it came to filling out his vaccination card, it turned out the one-week-old hadn't been named. "Any suggestions?" his parents asked, laughing.