LEBANON: Destruction and displacement hamper vaccination campaign
Reuters
The destruction in villages and displacement of residents in southern Lebanon from the recent war posed problems for medical volunteers on the first day of a national emergency polio immunisation campaign for children on Monday.

Polio Making A Comeback In India
eCanada Now
Reports from India reveal that deadly polio disease is back. 119 new cases of polio have been surfaced and uncovered in the last month causing a huge concern on a worldwide scale.

South Africa Gets Polio-Free Status
The Tide, Nigeria
The Global Certification Commission (GCC) subcommittee in Africa, the Africa Region Certificate Commission (ARCC), says there is enough evidence to show the non-existence of the wild poliovirus circulation in South Africa.

Indian alarm at new polio cases
BBC News
Officials in India say they are worried over the growing number of polio cases in the country...

South Africa: South Africa Now Polio-Free
allAfrica.com
... the ARCC awarded South Africa the Polio Free Certification based on the last confirmed wild polio-virus case in 1989, normally the minimum period required since the last confirmed case...

Polio afflicts 1-yr-old despite dose
CNN-IBN, India
New Delhi: One-year-old Jannat is a bundle of joy like any other toddler. But if you play with her, you’ll realise that she has to struggle to make her way because she has polio.

 

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