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New Oral Polio Vaccine Approved By WHO: A Boost For India's Eradication Efforts?
The World Health Organization has just prequalified an additional novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2),a breakthrough in stopping polio outbreaks more sustainably with stronger global vaccine supply.
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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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Poliovirus Appears in European Wastewater, Experts Investigate Origins
Poliovirus has been detected in wastewater across several European nations, including Spain, Germany, and Poland. Experts believe it may stem from the Zamfara strain circulating in Africa but are uncertain about how the virus spread. No paralysis cases have been reported yet, though experts are concerned about vaccination gaps that could fuel local...
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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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Gaza Mother Mourns Son Killed In Israeli Strike Before 2nd Polio Vaccine
Holding his teddy bear, Gazan mother Asmaa al-Wasifi mourned her 10-year-old son, who was killed in an Israeli strike before he could take his second polio shot.
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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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Israel, Hamas Agree To Zoned 3-Day Pauses For Gaza Polio Vaccinations: WHO
The Israeli military and Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to three separate, zoned three-day pauses in fighting in the Gaza Strip to allow for the vaccination of some 640,000 children against polio, a senior WHO official said on Thursday.
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Baby Paralysed In Gaza's First Case Of Type 2 Polio For 25 Years: WHO
A 10-month-old baby in war-shattered Gaza has been paralysed by the type 2 polio virus, the first such case in the territory in 25 years, the World Health Organization said on Friday, with U.N. agencies appealing for urgent vaccinations of every baby
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WHO Sending Over 1 Million Polio Vaccines To Gaza To Protect Children
The World Health Organization is sending more than one million polio vaccines to Gaza to be administered over the coming weeks to prevent children being infected after the virus was detected in sewage samples, its chief said on Friday.
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Parents In Pakistan To Face Fine, Jail Term For Refusing Polio Vaccination To Children
Parents who refuse to get their children vaccinated could be sentenced to a month in prison and fined 50,000 Pakistani rupees (Rs 13, 487).
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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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US Might "Still Have Polio" If Media Had Opposed Vaccine: Top Scientist
Top US scientist Anthony Fauci on Saturday blasted commentators who sound an anti-vaccination theme, saying America might still be battling smallpox and polio if today's kind of misinformation existed back then.
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Covid-19 Vaccination Drive Pushes Polio Ravivar To January 31
The Union government has rescheduled the national polio vaccination programme from January 17 to January 31 in the wake of phase-I of the Covid-19 inoculation that rolls out in a few days. As is the tradition, the Polio Ravivar (Polio Sunday) drive will be flagged of by President Ramnath Kovind who will administer the "drops" to children at Rashtra...
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New Oral Polio Vaccine Approved By WHO: A Boost For India's Eradication Efforts?
The World Health Organization has just prequalified an additional novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2),a breakthrough in stopping polio outbreaks more sustainably with stronger global vaccine supply.
-
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.
-
Poliovirus Appears in European Wastewater, Experts Investigate Origins
Poliovirus has been detected in wastewater across several European nations, including Spain, Germany, and Poland. Experts believe it may stem from the Zamfara strain circulating in Africa but are uncertain about how the virus spread. No paralysis cases have been reported yet, though experts are concerned about vaccination gaps that could fuel local...
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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.
-
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.
-
Gaza Mother Mourns Son Killed In Israeli Strike Before 2nd Polio Vaccine
Holding his teddy bear, Gazan mother Asmaa al-Wasifi mourned her 10-year-old son, who was killed in an Israeli strike before he could take his second polio shot.
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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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Israel, Hamas Agree To Zoned 3-Day Pauses For Gaza Polio Vaccinations: WHO
The Israeli military and Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to three separate, zoned three-day pauses in fighting in the Gaza Strip to allow for the vaccination of some 640,000 children against polio, a senior WHO official said on Thursday.
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Baby Paralysed In Gaza's First Case Of Type 2 Polio For 25 Years: WHO
A 10-month-old baby in war-shattered Gaza has been paralysed by the type 2 polio virus, the first such case in the territory in 25 years, the World Health Organization said on Friday, with U.N. agencies appealing for urgent vaccinations of every baby
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WHO Sending Over 1 Million Polio Vaccines To Gaza To Protect Children
The World Health Organization is sending more than one million polio vaccines to Gaza to be administered over the coming weeks to prevent children being infected after the virus was detected in sewage samples, its chief said on Friday.
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Parents In Pakistan To Face Fine, Jail Term For Refusing Polio Vaccination To Children
Parents who refuse to get their children vaccinated could be sentenced to a month in prison and fined 50,000 Pakistani rupees (Rs 13, 487).
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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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US Might "Still Have Polio" If Media Had Opposed Vaccine: Top Scientist
Top US scientist Anthony Fauci on Saturday blasted commentators who sound an anti-vaccination theme, saying America might still be battling smallpox and polio if today's kind of misinformation existed back then.
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Covid-19 Vaccination Drive Pushes Polio Ravivar To January 31
The Union government has rescheduled the national polio vaccination programme from January 17 to January 31 in the wake of phase-I of the Covid-19 inoculation that rolls out in a few days. As is the tradition, the Polio Ravivar (Polio Sunday) drive will be flagged of by President Ramnath Kovind who will administer the "drops" to children at Rashtra...
