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Polio And Post-Polio Syndrome: Understanding The Long-Term Health Effects
World Polio Day 2024: In this article, we will explore polio, the long-term health implications of Post-Polio Syndrome, and the need for continued awareness and support for individuals affected by these conditions.
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Medical Experts Dispel Polio Resurgence Fears In Kolkata
Fears that the dreaded polio virus has resurfaced after being eradicated eight years ago were dispelled by medical experts who examined the virus found in the sewage in Kolkata and found it inactive.
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Opinion: World Polio Day 2021- Ending Polio For Good
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) developed a new roadmap for immunizing all children and ending polio once and for all.
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Global Eradication Of COVID-19 More Feasible Than For Polio: Study
The global eradication of COVID-19 is more feasible than it is for polio, but considerably less so than it was for smallpox, according to an analysis published in the journal BMJ Global Health on Tuesday.
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India's Army Of 600,000 Virus-Hunting Women Health Workers Goes On Strike
They helped eradicate polio in India and reduced the number of women dying during child birth. But the country's catastrophic coronavirus outbreak, now the third-largest in the world, has pushed its all-female army of contact-tracing health workers to breaking point.
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Like Polio, India Can Eradicate Pollution, Says Senior UN Official
India has scripted success in eradicating polio and tackling other health emergencies and there is no reason why the country cannot do so for air pollution, UN Environment chief Erik Solheim has said at a time several north Indian cities, including Delhi, are battling alarming levels of pollution.
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Amitabh Bachchan Thanks Bill Gates For Acknowledging His Polio Eradication Efforts
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has thanked Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates for acknowledging his contribution in helping India become polio free.
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World Polio Day 2017: How India Went From 4 Lakh To Zero Cases In 10 Years
World Polio Day 2017: Here's an insight to India's journey towards the complete eradication of polio in the country.
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World Polio Day 2017: Here's An Insight To This Fatal Disease
World Polio Day 2017: Though there is no cure for polio, you can always sought to a prevention of this disease.
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President Pranab Mukherjee Launches Pulse Polio Programme
President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday launched the Pulse Polio Programme for 2017 under which about 17 crore children of less than five years age will be immunised. The drive is a part of the government's efforts to sustain polio eradication from the country.
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Type Of Polio Virus Found In Telangana To Be Eliminated Says Minister
The Telangana government is determined to eradicate the particular type of polio virus that has surfaced here, state Health Minister C Laxma Reddy said in Hyderabad on Thursday.
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Change in Vaccine Use Needed To Eradicate Polio, WHO Says
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has suggested the withdrawal of a specific type of an oral polio vaccine used against the Type II variant from April next year.
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Aim to Completely Eradicate Polio by Next Year: Pakistan
Pakistan is preparing a comprehensive national immunisation plan to make the country polio-free by the next year.
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India Offers Pakistan 'Full Cooperation' for Polio Eradication
India today offered Pakistan "full cooperation" for eradicating polio from its soil and said it is a "cause for concern" for it that the neighboring country accounts for 85 per cent of the world's polio cases.
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Amitabh Bachchan to Campaign to Keep India Clean
Actor Amitabh Bachchan, who successfully led the campaign to eradicate Polio from the country, has now lent his support to the cleanliness drive 'Banega Swachh India'
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Polio And Post-Polio Syndrome: Understanding The Long-Term Health Effects
World Polio Day 2024: In this article, we will explore polio, the long-term health implications of Post-Polio Syndrome, and the need for continued awareness and support for individuals affected by these conditions.
-
Medical Experts Dispel Polio Resurgence Fears In Kolkata
Fears that the dreaded polio virus has resurfaced after being eradicated eight years ago were dispelled by medical experts who examined the virus found in the sewage in Kolkata and found it inactive.
-
Opinion: World Polio Day 2021- Ending Polio For Good
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) developed a new roadmap for immunizing all children and ending polio once and for all.
-
Global Eradication Of COVID-19 More Feasible Than For Polio: Study
The global eradication of COVID-19 is more feasible than it is for polio, but considerably less so than it was for smallpox, according to an analysis published in the journal BMJ Global Health on Tuesday.
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India's Army Of 600,000 Virus-Hunting Women Health Workers Goes On Strike
They helped eradicate polio in India and reduced the number of women dying during child birth. But the country's catastrophic coronavirus outbreak, now the third-largest in the world, has pushed its all-female army of contact-tracing health workers to breaking point.
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Like Polio, India Can Eradicate Pollution, Says Senior UN Official
India has scripted success in eradicating polio and tackling other health emergencies and there is no reason why the country cannot do so for air pollution, UN Environment chief Erik Solheim has said at a time several north Indian cities, including Delhi, are battling alarming levels of pollution.
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Amitabh Bachchan Thanks Bill Gates For Acknowledging His Polio Eradication Efforts
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has thanked Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates for acknowledging his contribution in helping India become polio free.
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World Polio Day 2017: How India Went From 4 Lakh To Zero Cases In 10 Years
World Polio Day 2017: Here's an insight to India's journey towards the complete eradication of polio in the country.
-
World Polio Day 2017: Here's An Insight To This Fatal Disease
World Polio Day 2017: Though there is no cure for polio, you can always sought to a prevention of this disease.
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President Pranab Mukherjee Launches Pulse Polio Programme
President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday launched the Pulse Polio Programme for 2017 under which about 17 crore children of less than five years age will be immunised. The drive is a part of the government's efforts to sustain polio eradication from the country.
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Type Of Polio Virus Found In Telangana To Be Eliminated Says Minister
The Telangana government is determined to eradicate the particular type of polio virus that has surfaced here, state Health Minister C Laxma Reddy said in Hyderabad on Thursday.
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Change in Vaccine Use Needed To Eradicate Polio, WHO Says
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has suggested the withdrawal of a specific type of an oral polio vaccine used against the Type II variant from April next year.
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Aim to Completely Eradicate Polio by Next Year: Pakistan
Pakistan is preparing a comprehensive national immunisation plan to make the country polio-free by the next year.
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India Offers Pakistan 'Full Cooperation' for Polio Eradication
India today offered Pakistan "full cooperation" for eradicating polio from its soil and said it is a "cause for concern" for it that the neighboring country accounts for 85 per cent of the world's polio cases.
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Amitabh Bachchan to Campaign to Keep India Clean
Actor Amitabh Bachchan, who successfully led the campaign to eradicate Polio from the country, has now lent his support to the cleanliness drive 'Banega Swachh India'
