Tag : Polio

India marks 3 years since last polio case reported

YoopyaJanuary 13, 2014November 26, 2023

by YoopyaJanuary 13, 2014November 26, 202309

NEW DELHI (AP) — India marked three years Monday since its last reported polio case, putting the country on course to being formally declared free...

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Pakistan polio outbreak puts global eradication at risk

YoopyaOctober 19, 2013March 24, 2024

by YoopyaOctober 19, 2013March 24, 202407

(Reuters) – A Taliban ban on vaccination is exacerbating a serious polio outbreak in Pakistan, threatening to derail dramatic progress made this year towards wiping out...

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Nigeria Wazobia FM journalists held over polio deaths

YoopyaFebruary 12, 2013

by YoopyaFebruary 12, 201308

Two Nigerian journalists have been arrested over the killing of nine female polio vaccinators in northern Kano state on Friday, police have said. Kano police...

Africa Health News World

Nigeria polio vaccinators shot dead in Kano

YoopyaFebruary 9, 2013November 14, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 9, 2013November 14, 2023010

Nine female polio vaccinators have been killed in two shootings at health centres in northern Nigeria, police have told the BBC. In the first attack...

Health Technology

Insight: Fear and suspicion in Pakistan hamper global polio fight

YoopyaSeptember 29, 2012

by YoopyaSeptember 29, 201201

(Reuters) – When Bill Gates hears about children like Fahad Usman, a two-year-old Pakistani boy crippled by polio before he learned to walk, the billionaire...

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