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DRC ruled out the list of polio countries
The DRC is no longer part of the states where the wild poliovirus is circulating. This is confirmed by the World Health Organization, which attest to the good news has just sent a letter to the Minister of Public Health of the DRC, Dr. Felix
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Could India's polio eradication success story be a model for its other health issues?
Bihār :: India | 16 days ago
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A large, unprecedentedly coordinated campaign in India has eradicated polio. If no new cases are recorded by the end of this year, India will be officially considered polio-free. India Setarah Khatoon was 15 when she left school to marry a boy from
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Global Vaccine Summit to Boost Efforts to Eliminate Polio
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 24 days ago
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Polio eradication efforts are the focus of the United Nations-backed Global Vaccine Summit which also aims to protect millions of children from diseases like measles and tetanus through inoculations. Immunization is one of the best and most cost-
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Bill Gates pledges $1.8bn for global fight against polio
Abu Dhabi :: United Arab Emirates | 24 days ago
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Bill Gates, the Microsoft founder and world's leading philanthropist, has donated $1.8bn (£1.1bn) to fight polio. At the Global Vaccine Summit in Abu Dhabi, the donation from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation was announced as part of a six-year
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Nigeria: 1,000 Polio Cases Caused By Misinformation - Minister
Abuja :: Nigeria | 27 days ago
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The Minister of State for Health, Dr Muhammad Pate, has expressed shock that more than 1,000 children have been paralysed by the wild polio virus largely due to the rejection of immunisation in the northern part of the country. Pate was reacting to a
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Kingdom partners with...
Brazzaville :: Congo | 1 month ago
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Yemen, Sudan, Afghanistan, Cote d'Ivoire, Mali, Niger and Chad. The program includes vaccinating and immunizing more than 45 million children...The Kingdom's endeavor is to maintain its role in the area of social responsibility, through the
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India must remain vigilant against polio'
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 1 month ago
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The virus can travel to India as people move from one country to another. We have to be very cautious and pro-active to ensure that the virus does not re-enter our country," said Rajashree Birla, chairperson of Aditya Birla Centre for Community
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New world strategy aims to eradicate polio by 2018
Lagos :: Nigeria | 1 month ago
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The six-year global strategy will cost $5.5 billion, and require increasing security for vaccine workers who have come under attack in hard-hit countries...The disease was widespread in 125 countries back in 1988 when the global polio fight began.
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Polio worker assaulted in Landikotal
Islamabad :: Pakistan | 2 months ago
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Unidentified armed men tortured a polio worker in Landikotal and warned him and others involved in the anti-polio campaign to quit the campaign or be ready to be killed. Four armed men intercepted a polio team's worker, Adnan Shinwari, in Angoor Bagh
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Africa: Speech by Anthony Lake, UNICEF Executive Director, to the High Level Dialogue on Health in the Post-2015 Agenda
Washington :: NJ :: USA | 3 months ago
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Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have'?...Without health, these ambitions will never take root and never support the growth all countries need to secure their futures. Health must always be at the heart of the global
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