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Africa: Advances and Setbacks in Polio Fight
allAfrica, 24 October 2013
As the global community marks World Polio Day on Thursday, recent events show there is both cause for celebration and concern. Read more »
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Advances and Setbacks in Polio Fight
As the global community marks World Polio Day on Thursday, recent events show there is both cause for celebration and concern.
Vaccinating against polio in Nigeria, one of the three countries in the world in which it is still endemic, but where progress towards eradicating it is being made.
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Africa: How Female Vaccinators Are Making Polio Difference
Gates Foundation, 24 October 2013
The global polio program is one of the largest and most successful public health campaigns to date. What the campaign has been able to do - drive global cases down from 350,000 a… Read more »
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Africa: Three Knocks - My Mission for a Polio-Free World
Gates Foundation, 24 October 2013
In the 1940s and 1950s, the Marching Mothers of the March of Dimes knocked on countless doors, raising the money to treat and research polio, ten cents at a time. Their efforts… Read more »
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Nigeria: World Polio Day - This Is Our War!
Leadership, 24 October 2013
The world marks the World Polio Day today against the backdrop of a determined effort by Nigeria to shed the toga of "polio exporter" in the West African sub-region. The history of… Read more »
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Nigeria: Eradicating Polio in Nigeria
This Day, 24 October 2013
The battle against the crippling disease can be won - with concerted efforts. Read more »
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Africa: Researchers Propose New Polio Strategy
VOA, 11 October 2013
Researchers are calling for a different strategy to eradicate polio in countries where the disease remains endemic, namely, Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan. They say greater… Read more »
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Sudan: Khartoum to Halt Hostilities for Polio Vaccination
Sudan Tribune, 17 October 2013
Sudanese government agreed to cease hostility for two week next month in South Kordofan to allow the conduct of a vaccination campaign, announced the UN resident and humanitarian… Read more »
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South Sudan: Govt Intensifies Campaign Against Polio Epidermic
Sudan Tribune, 18 October 2013
South Sudan has stepped up efforts in response to last month's outbreak of the deadly Polio epidemic in the country, the health ministry said. Read more »
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Sudan: Khartoum to Coordinate With Juba Over Polio Campaign
Sudan Tribune, 20 October 2013
A national campaign aiming to eradicate Polio in Sudan will be carried next month in all the states including South Korodfan and Blue Nile and in coordination with the South Sudan,… Read more »
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South Sudan: Polio Vaccination Campaign Launched in Eastern Equatoria
VOA, 23 October 2013
Health officials in South Sudan have launched an emergency campaign to vaccinate 700,000 children under the age of 15 in Equatoria state against polio by the end of the week after… Read more »
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Rwanda: Health Ministry Outlines Strategies to Eradicate Polio
New Times, 24 October 2013
The three-pillar polio eradication strategy include focusing on achieving and maintaining high vaccination coverage among children aged less than 1 year with at least three doses… Read more »
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Rwanda: Harnessing Efforts to Uproot Polio
New Times, 24 October 2013
Today is World Polio Day. The 24th of October has been chosen to commemorate the month in which Jonas Salk was born. Jonas Salk was the leader of the team that invented the first… Read more »
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Kenya: World Polio Day to Be Marked Today
The Star, 24 October 2013
Kenya joins the rest of the globe in marking world polio day today amidst concerns that the disease has re-emerged in Kenya. The country has already reported more than ten… Read more »
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Malawi: Blantyre District Health Office to Conduct Immunization Campaign
Malawi News Agency, 19 October 2013
The Blantyre District Health Office is to conduct an immunization campaign on measles, polio and provide vitamin A and abendazole to under five children. Read more »
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Africa: African Scientists Endorse New Polio Eradication Strategy
allAfrica, 11 April 2013
Nigerian and South African scientists have joined hundreds of other experts from more than 80 other countries to launch the Scientific Declaration on Polio Eradication – a… Read more »
