Polio

Health officials in Pakistan are scrambling to shore up the nation’s threatened health care networks following floods that have caused untold damage to the nation.

Polio

Officials with UNICEF and the World Health Organization have put out a call to all sectors of government and the community to help participate in Angola’s upcoming polio immunization campaign to make sure all 5.5 million children under the age of five are

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative's new strategy to stop polio in Africa has reached a major objective, announcing that Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda have reported no wild poliovirus cases for more than a year.

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Fourteen provinces in Afghanistan began seeing more than 20,000 volunteers and health workers moving door-to-door to administer two drops of the oral polio vaccine to children under the age of five on Monday.

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A polio vaccine that requires just one-fifth of what was commonly thought to be needed to defend babies from the crippling virus may be as effective as what was previously thought needed as long as the vaccine is injected just beneath the skin.

Bill Gates

Although Nigeria has seen a 99 percent drop in reported cases of polio between 2009 and 2010, Microsoft founder Bill Gates recently told 234next.com that more contributions are needed from the richer nations and global donors.

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Scientists and researchers gathered in Geneva this week at the World Health Organization's annual meeting of health ministers discussed a new strategy to rid the world of polio, The Associated Press reports.

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The Eurasia Review reports that Tajikistan is expected to see a sharp decrease in polio cases thanks to a nationwide immunization effort.

World Health Organization

U.N. agencies and the Afghan health ministry are conducting a three-day campaign aimed at vaccinating an estimated 7.7 million children under the age of 5 against polio, which can leave patients totally paralyzed.

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GENEVA— The World Health Organization says more than 85 million children under 5 in west and central Africa will be vaccinated against polio.

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More than 85 million children under five years old will be immunized against polio in 19 countries across West and Central Africa in a massive cooperation aimed at stopping a year-long polio epidemic the World Health Organization announced.

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NEW DELHI — Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Feb. 7 launched the bivalent oral vaccine against polio in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh states to mark India’s national immunization day, The Hindu reported.

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Successful anti-polio action depends on vaccinators being able to reach and immunize every child under 5 years old in 13 volatile districts in the southern provinces of Kandahar, Helmand and Farah.

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KABUL — A new vaccine against polio will be used for the first time Dec. 15 in polio immunization campaigns in Afghanistan, according to the World Health Organization.

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GOZ BEIDA, Chad —A three-day nationwide polio vaccination campaign began Oct. 30 throughout Chad, including in the east where according to the World Health Organization the rate of routine immunizations is among the weakest nationwide, IRIN news reported.