With only 218 cases reported in five countries, the number of children paralyzed by the polio virus hit an all-time low in 2012. This decline can be partly attributed to the global polio eradication campaign, which distributed 2 billion doses…
Photo Credit: Altaf Qadri / AP Last Friday, India reached the one-year mark of registering not a single polio case, dealing a significant blow to a disease that remains endemic in only three other countries — Pakistan, Nigeria and Afghanistan….
From Reuters: ”Bill Gates called on Tuesday for strengthened immunization programs against infectious diseases to save 4 million lives by 2015 and 10 million lives by 2020, saying it was the best possible investment in global health. The Microsoft founder and…
From ReliefWeb: Kabul 14 February 2010 – 2.8 million children under five years old in southern, south-eastern, western and eastern Afghanistan will be targeted by a new 3-day polio eradication drive, to be launched 14 February. The immunization campaign will be…
From the World Vision Report (World Vision’s radio program): In the last 20 years, the number of polio cases around the world has dropped by 99%. The UN World Health Organization reports that the disease remains endemic in only four…
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