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"Deathly Scared": 1st US Polio Case In A Decade Stirs Fear
The developments are leading experts to fear that polio, once one of the most feared diseases in America but now endemic to just a couple of developing countries, may wreak devastation stateside again.
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Polio And TB: India’s Success With One Holds Lessons For The Other
When Uttar Pradesh was still polio endemic, I worked on the polio programme in the state. I was there when the last reported case in India occurred in January 2011, and an year later when we celebrated one year of polio-free India. Now that I am working on TB and lung disease with a nation-wide programme, I find there are similarities in polio and ...
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Nigeria Marks 1 Year Since Last Polio Case
Nigeria today marked one year since its last case of polio, raising hopes it will soon be taken off the list of endemic countries as the first step to being declared free of the disease.
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Pakistan Polio Cases at 14-Year High After Threats
The number of polio cases recorded in Pakistan has leapt to its highest level in 14 years after attacks on immunisation teams led to a surge in incidences of the disease, health authorities said.
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Pakistan Launches Fresh Polio Drive For Tribal Regions
Pakistan on Monday launched a fresh drive to vaccinate more than 700,000 children in its restive tribal belt against polio, but officials said nearly 300,000 others would miss out because of threats from militants.
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$1 billion shortfall imperils polio eradication drive
It remains endemic in three countries—Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria—after India in January became the latest country to become polio-free, after going a full year without registering a new case.
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India off the list of polio endemic countries
India, which has been polio-free for over a year now, was today taken off the list of polio endemic countries by the World Health Organization (WHO)
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A year of no polio: India triumphs
India has reason to smile on the polio front, especially on January 13. Not only will it achieve a big milestone of no new case for a year, there are also indications that the World Health Organisation (WHO) will remove it from its list of polio endemic countries by February.
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"Deathly Scared": 1st US Polio Case In A Decade Stirs Fear
The developments are leading experts to fear that polio, once one of the most feared diseases in America but now endemic to just a couple of developing countries, may wreak devastation stateside again.
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Polio And TB: India’s Success With One Holds Lessons For The Other
When Uttar Pradesh was still polio endemic, I worked on the polio programme in the state. I was there when the last reported case in India occurred in January 2011, and an year later when we celebrated one year of polio-free India. Now that I am working on TB and lung disease with a nation-wide programme, I find there are similarities in polio and ...
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Nigeria Marks 1 Year Since Last Polio Case
Nigeria today marked one year since its last case of polio, raising hopes it will soon be taken off the list of endemic countries as the first step to being declared free of the disease.
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Pakistan Polio Cases at 14-Year High After Threats
The number of polio cases recorded in Pakistan has leapt to its highest level in 14 years after attacks on immunisation teams led to a surge in incidences of the disease, health authorities said.
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Pakistan Launches Fresh Polio Drive For Tribal Regions
Pakistan on Monday launched a fresh drive to vaccinate more than 700,000 children in its restive tribal belt against polio, but officials said nearly 300,000 others would miss out because of threats from militants.
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$1 billion shortfall imperils polio eradication drive
It remains endemic in three countries—Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria—after India in January became the latest country to become polio-free, after going a full year without registering a new case.
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India off the list of polio endemic countries
India, which has been polio-free for over a year now, was today taken off the list of polio endemic countries by the World Health Organization (WHO)
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A year of no polio: India triumphs
India has reason to smile on the polio front, especially on January 13. Not only will it achieve a big milestone of no new case for a year, there are also indications that the World Health Organisation (WHO) will remove it from its list of polio endemic countries by February.
