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30/08/2013
Dr Elias Durry receives CDC’s William C. Watson Jr. Medal of Excellence
Elias Durry is a well-known and well-loved veteran of the global polio eradication effort. Currently coordinating the World Health Organization’s support to Pakistan’s...
31/07/2013
Despite the outbreak, the end of polio remains in sight
31 July 2013- A polio-free world is closer than ever to becoming a reality, despite the current outbreak affecting the Horn of Africa which, as of today, has paralysed 105 children.
Reading the ne...
31/07/2013
Ali Maow Maalin, smallpox survivor and Somali polio eradication champion, passes away.
Ali Maow Maalin, recently described as being one of the “true heroes” of polio eradication, passed away on 22 July in his home district of Merka, Somalia, due to su...
22/07/2013
Polio eradication to be featured as an example of the progress being achieved in the broader campaign to end extreme poverty.
19/07/2013
Outlining the ideal response from both affected countries and the international organisations that support them
12/07/2013
DRC prepares for mass polio vaccination campaign, de-worming, administration of Vitamin A and registering births
11/07/2013
New match arrangement could raise US$525 million for global eradication effort
10/07/2013
Polio eradication integral part of new global health policy plan
03/07/2013
We have a responsibility to defeat polio so that future generations will only know about this disease from text books.
18/06/2013
Religious leaders help fight polio in Somalia – and across the globe
11/06/2013
President Mohamoud first in line to be vaccinated
