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South-East Asia Marks 15 years Of Polio-Free: WHO
South-East Asia Region, home to a quarter of the worlds population, has marked 15 years since recording its last case of wild poliovirus, said the World Health Organization (IANS) on Tuesday.
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"So Much Pressure": World Nearly Beat Polio But Missteps Aided Its Comeback
The World Health Organization and partners embarked on their polio campaign in 1988 with the bold goal of eradication - a feat seen only once for human diseases, with smallpox in 1980.
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"Impossible For...": WHO Says Gaza Polio Campaign Postponed Due To Violence
A polio vaccination campaign in north Gaza has been postponed due to Israeli bombardments, mass displacement and lack of access, the World Health Organization said.
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WHO Urges Israel To Allow Aid Access To Gaza Amid Humanitarian Crisis
Amid the chaos, WHO and its partners launched the second round of a polio vaccination campaign on Monday, aiming to immunise over half a million children, Xinhua news agency reported.
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Polio First Phase Vaccination Campaign In Gaza Successful: WHO
The first phase of a large-scale polio vaccination campaign in Gaza has concluded successfully, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, providing nearly 200,000 children in the centre of the Palestinian territory with their initial dose.
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Taliban Backs Polio Vaccine Campaign By WHO, UNICEF In Afghanistan
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations children's agency kicked off a polio vaccination campaign in Afghanistan on Monday, the first nationwide campaign to fight the disease in three years.
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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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He Built a Toilet For His Daughter-in-Law. A Village Was Inspired
For Sunita Bai, a walk to the fields every morning to go the toilet was as much a struggle as an embarrassment. This August, the 26-year-old, who suffers from polio, managed to convince her father-in-law, a poor landless labourer, to build a toilet at their home.
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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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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.
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One polio worker gunned down in Pakistan
A polio worker was today gunned down by unidentified militants while carrying out a vaccination campaign in Pakistan's restive northwest.
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Kidnapped Pakistani polio workers released
Islamist militants on Tuesday released seven polio workers who were kidnapped last week in a northwestern Pakistani tribal district while carrying out a vaccination campaign, officials said.
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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.
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South-East Asia Marks 15 years Of Polio-Free: WHO
South-East Asia Region, home to a quarter of the worlds population, has marked 15 years since recording its last case of wild poliovirus, said the World Health Organization (IANS) on Tuesday.
-
"So Much Pressure": World Nearly Beat Polio But Missteps Aided Its Comeback
The World Health Organization and partners embarked on their polio campaign in 1988 with the bold goal of eradication - a feat seen only once for human diseases, with smallpox in 1980.
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"Impossible For...": WHO Says Gaza Polio Campaign Postponed Due To Violence
A polio vaccination campaign in north Gaza has been postponed due to Israeli bombardments, mass displacement and lack of access, the World Health Organization said.
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WHO Urges Israel To Allow Aid Access To Gaza Amid Humanitarian Crisis
Amid the chaos, WHO and its partners launched the second round of a polio vaccination campaign on Monday, aiming to immunise over half a million children, Xinhua news agency reported.
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Polio First Phase Vaccination Campaign In Gaza Successful: WHO
The first phase of a large-scale polio vaccination campaign in Gaza has concluded successfully, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, providing nearly 200,000 children in the centre of the Palestinian territory with their initial dose.
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Taliban Backs Polio Vaccine Campaign By WHO, UNICEF In Afghanistan
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations children's agency kicked off a polio vaccination campaign in Afghanistan on Monday, the first nationwide campaign to fight the disease in three years.
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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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He Built a Toilet For His Daughter-in-Law. A Village Was Inspired
For Sunita Bai, a walk to the fields every morning to go the toilet was as much a struggle as an embarrassment. This August, the 26-year-old, who suffers from polio, managed to convince her father-in-law, a poor landless labourer, to build a toilet at their home.
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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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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.
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One polio worker gunned down in Pakistan
A polio worker was today gunned down by unidentified militants while carrying out a vaccination campaign in Pakistan's restive northwest.
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Kidnapped Pakistani polio workers released
Islamist militants on Tuesday released seven polio workers who were kidnapped last week in a northwestern Pakistani tribal district while carrying out a vaccination campaign, officials said.
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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.
