20/09/2013
Environmental surveillance continues to detect virus
The polio virus was detected in the country's sewage system this year, triggering a mass immunisation campaign.
Courtesy of EPA/Guardian
Israel is currently vaccinating all childre...
02/09/2013
Nigerian polio survivors share their stories with reluctant parents
One of Ms Usman’s fellow polio survivors, Fatima Aliyu, vaccinates a child against polio in Nigeria’s Sokoto State.
UNICEF
2 September 2013 – Karima Usman, a 38-year-o...
01/09/2013
Helping keep surveillance top-notch
Although no one has been paralyzed, wild poliovirus is being detected in sewage in Israel, and samples have also tested positive recently in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
Given that excellent environmental...