The five-day conference brought together senior policymakers and medical experts drawn from the sub-Saharan African region to take stock of milestones achieved in the quest to become polio free.
During this meeting, seven countries including Cameroon, Nigeria, South Sudan and South Africa will submit reports on efforts being made to eradicate polio.
Sicily Kariuki, Kenya's Cabinet Secretary for Health, said that Kenya has worked hard to rid the country of wild poliovirus and will continue to do so until Africa and the world are certified polio-free.
Kariuki said that national immunization programs have succeeded in the country. "We have introduced one dose of inactivated polio vaccine, set up nine collection sites in the whole country and plans to increase the number to 18."
She said that the country is on course in implementing laboratory certification committee as was recommended by the Africa Regional Certification Commission for Polio Eradication (ARCC).
Kariuki, however, noted that insecurity in northern and north eastern Kenya, inaccessibility of vaccination services in hard to reach areas and inadequate funding for Acute Flaccid Paralysis surveillance activities are still a problem.
Rose Leke, chairperson of ARCC, a pan-African body tasked with eradication of polio in the continent, attributed the presence of polio in the continent to insecurity and inaccessibility of some parts of Africa.
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