The launch of the AVW was coupled with the polio NID’s and Child Survival Week and chaired by the Ministry of health accompanied by the WHO and Unicef Representatives, as well a
The Independent Monitoring Board for Global Polio Eradication Initiative once observed that "People are the crucial ingredient in this programme and need to be viewed as such".<
This year’s African Vaccination Week was commemorated together with the annual Child Health Promotion Week on the 23rd April, 2013 under the theme “Healthy Children; Great Futur