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14/01/2014
More than 2 million children were immunized against polio last week
WHO Syria
14 January 2014 – According to preliminary results more than 2 million children were immunized against polio across Syria last week during a third round of vaccination in r...
13/01/2014
India marks three years since its last case of polio, despite once being considered the most challenging place to end the disease
Today, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative joins India and the global community in celebrating a historic global health...
26/12/2013
Ensuring polio-funded resources can continue to strengthen health systems.
Mainstreaming polio efforts into national and international immunization programmes will fortify health systems and enable disease detection and response globally.
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06/12/2013
Another reason the children of the world will always be grateful to Nelson Mandela
06/12/2013
WHO and UNICEF have appealed to all parties to cooperate
02/12/2013
Experts discuss the largest-ever global rollout of a single vaccine
23/11/2013
Transmission may be slowing but the outbreak response won’t be
21/11/2013
Supports introduction of inactivated polio vaccine in world’s 73 poorest countries
19/11/2013
Encouraging news for efforts in eastern part of country
11/11/2013
Thirteen cases of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) have been confirmed in the Syrian Arab Republic.
