Polio
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Polio vaccine campaign begins in Gaza: health official
Sep 1, 2024According to a health official who spoke to AFP, the United Nations has declared “humanitarian pauses” in the Gaza Strip to enable for widespread immunization. As a result, a polio vaccination campaign got underway there on... -
800,000 children to be vaccinated against measles and polio across earthquake-stricken northwest Syria
Apr 11, 2023A measles and polio vaccination campaign will be launched tomorrow across northwest Syria to protect some 800,000 children under five years from the two potentially deadly but preventable diseases. The vaccination drive, supported by the World... -
UNICEF delivers 4.7 million doses of Measles, Rubella and Polio vaccines in Libya
Oct 26, 2018The third UNICEF-chartered plane has arrived at Mitiga airport, Tripoli, completing the delivery of a total 4.7 million doses of Measles, Rubella and Polio vaccines, as well as 2.75 million doses of Vitamin ‘A’ supplement, syringes... -
Nigeria approved a $150 million loan from the World Bank to help eradicate polio
Aug 9, 2018Nigeria has approved a $150 million loan from the World Bank to help eradicate polio and scale up immunization, Finance Minister of Nigeria, Kemi Adeosun said on Wednesday. After a global effort to wipe out polio,... -
Second phase of vaccination begins in Cox’s Bazar for vulnerable population
Nov 7, 2017News Hour The second phase of the oral vaccination drive began today to provide an additional dose of the vaccine to children of newly arrived Rohingya population against the deadly diarrheal disease. The children are also... -
Fundraising event to end Polio in Afghanistan
Oct 30, 2017News Hour To mark World Polio Day, and to raise money for this worthy cause, the UK Humanitarian Team and The Rotary Club held a cultural event at the British Embassy. The slogan of this year’s... -
More than 355,000 children under five years-old vaccinated against polio in hard to reach areas of Syria
Aug 22, 2017News Hour: UNICEF, the World Health Organisation, and partners have completed the first round of a vaccination campaign in response to the recent outbreak of vaccine-derived polio in Syria. The campaign provided vital protection against the... -
UK aid will immunise 45 million children against polio each year until 2020
Aug 5, 2017News Hour The UK is leading the final global push to eliminate polio around the world for good, International Development Secretary Priti Patel announced on 4 August 2017. Polio was wiped out in the UK in... -
15 new cases of polio confirmed in Syria, including a child from Raqqa
Jun 20, 2017News Hour: Fifteen new cases of polio have been confirmed in Syria, including a child who may have caught the disease in Raqqa, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. Aid workers are unable to vaccinate... -
Global leaders unite to bring polio one step closer to eradication
Jun 13, 2017News Hour: Global health leaders gathered at the Rotary Convention in Atlanta yesterday to reaffirm their commitment to eradicating polio and pledge US$ 1.2 billion to finance efforts to end the disease. Thirty years ago, polio...
