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Chad: Why Polio Is So Hard to Eliminate

Poor-quality emergency immunization campaigns and low routine polio immunization coverage are helping the polio virus to spread in Chad.
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Polio vaccination in Chad supported by Unicef.

  • Chad:   Why Polio Is So Hard to Eliminate

    UNIRIN, 31 January 2012

    Poor-quality emergency immunization campaigns and low routine polio immunization coverage are helping the polio virus to spread in Chad, with 132 cases reported in 2011 - five… Read more »

  • Chad:   Children Unprotected As Polio Spreads

    UNIRIN, 21 June 2011

    As polio strikes more and more people in Chad - 68 cases so far this year - tens of thousands of children are unprotected largely due to flaws in how vaccination campaigns are run. Read more »

  • Chad:   Country Redoubles Efforts Against Polio

    IPS, 6 May 2010

    The polio vaccination campaign under way in Chad has added significance in 2010. The country recorded zero polio cases in 2004, but 66 cases of wild polio were reported in 2009,… Read more »

  • Chad:   Wipe Out Corruption, Wipe Out Polio

    UNIRIN, 10 March 2010

    It costs more to vaccinate a child in Chad against polio - almost 70 US cents per child - than any other country in the world at risk of an outbreak, according to the World Health… Read more »

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