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01/08/2010
As a result of a large wild poliovirus outbreak in neighboring Tajikistan, Afghanistan has moved to safeguard children in its northern border regions through large-scale immunization campaigns.
UNICEF Afghanistan Communication Specialist Cornelia Walthe...
30/07/2010
The Horn of Africa is officially polio-free, with Sudan, Kenya and Uganda having reported no wild poliovirus cases for more than a year.
In the first half of 2009, an outbreak of wild poliovirus that originated in northern Nigeria spread from southern...
27/07/2010
Bill Gates' personal blog: With continued hard work and investment the world is on a path toward something pretty incredible, the eradication of polio.
17/07/2010
A persistent outbreak of polio in Angola is geographically expanding in 2010
A persistent outbreak of polio in Angola is geographically expanding in 2010, with cases detected since February in previously polio-free provinces of Angola (Bie, Bengo,...
25/06/2010
Looking at long-term OPV use and at fractional IPV dosage
The New England Journal of Medicine has published today two studies on polio eradication, offering useful new insights both for the pre- and post-eradication era.
In the first study, Helen Jenki...
25/06/2010
Looking at long-term OPV use and at fractional IPV dosage
The New England Journal of Medicine has published today two studies on polio eradication, offering useful new insights both for the pre- and post-eradication era.
In the first study, Helen Jenki...
21/06/2010
As polio eradication launches plan to tackle the final 1%, funding threatens historic achievement
THE new Strategic Plan to eradicate polio by 2013 is already being compromised by a lack of funds, despite the fact the new approaches outlined in the Plan a...
11/06/2010
Vaccination campaigns delayed or curtailed to minimize funding risk
After several rounds of intense vaccination campaigns to end a polio outbreak in west Africa, which saw heads of state, movie stars and football heroes advocate for the eradication of pol...
