Polio Eradication Campaign

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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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  Pak Policeman Guarding Polio Vaccination Team Shot Dead

  A policeman guarding a polio vaccination team was shot dead in Pakistan on Tuesday, local government officials said, the latest death in a bloody campaign to eradicate the disease.

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  WHO Declares Africa Free Of Poliovirus

  The UN's World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday declared that Africa was now free of poliovirus, a landmark in a decades-long campaign to eradicate the notorious disease around the world.

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  Gunmen In Pakistan Kill Mother, Daughter Working To Eradicate Polio

  Gunmen in Pakistan shot and killed two women working on a polio eradication campaign on Thursday, the latest in a string of attacks on efforts to protect children from the crippling and sometimes deadly disease.

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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'

• Attack on Polio Team Kills One Policeman in North West Pakistan

  A policeman escorting a polio vaccination team in Pakistan's restive northwest was shot dead by unidentified gunmen today, the latest in a series of targeted attacks against medical workers campaigning to eradicate the crippling disease.

• Nigeria May Have No Polio Cases Next Year, Says Bill Gates

  Nigeria could cut the number of polio cases to zero next year and be declared free of the disease in 2018 even though a national eradication campaign has had to contend with an insurgency in the north, Bill Gates told Reuters.

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  Amitabh Bachchan Happy With Polio Eradication From India

  Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who is the goodwill ambassador for polio UNICEF campaign, is happy that the disease is finally eradicated from India.

• 38 Lives Lost in Bihar: No Cure for This Deadly Disease Yet

  Suspected encephalitis has claimed 38 lives in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district so far this year, and more than 120 children are admitted in various hospitals after being diagnosed with the ailment.

• Pakistan militants kidnap 11 teachers in polio vaccination campaign

  Militants kidnapped 11 Pakistani teachers involved in a polio vaccination campaign for school children on Saturday, officials said, the latest in a string of attacks on health workers trying to eradicate the deadly disease.

• World Health Organisation cancels polio drive after gunmen kill two workers in Pakistan

  The World Health Organisation (WHO) suspended its polio eradication campaign in Pakistan's Peshawar today after two young workers were shot as they administered drops, the latest attack aimed at the UN-backed operation.

• Nationwide polio immunisation campaign from January 20: Ghulam Nabi Azad

  More than 170 million children below the age of five years will be given polio drops in the nationwide immunization campaign for Polio Eradication beginning January 20, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said in New Delhi on Sunday.

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  Beti B gets her polio drops in Big B's presence

  Megastar Amitabh Bachchan said that his granddaughter was given polio drops Tuesday in his presence.