On 9th August 2020, the Sudanese Federal Ministry of Health officially declared an outbreak of polio in caused by poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) and mobilised to launch two vaccination campaigns at national level to reach 8.6 million children under 5 years in all 18 states of Sudan.
AICS supported the campaign in two locations. In Kassala, the vaccination was carried out house-to-house and 350,493 children under 5 years were vaccinated. In Gedaref, 501.023 children were vaccinated.