Complacency could delay the final push to eradicate polio: A Nigerian child receives a dose of the polio vaccine EPAGreat strides have been made in the global effort to eradicate polio. Reported cases of wild poliovirus have decreased by over 99% from an estimated 350,000 cases in 1988 to 33 in 2018. Polio is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus that invades the … [Read more...] about Complacency could delay the final push to eradicate polio | The Conversation
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Valuable lessons from Nigeria’s marathon effort to eradicate polio | The Conversation
Valuable lessons from Nigeria’s marathon effort to eradicate polio: Innovative efforts have been put in place to reach populations in partially and totally inaccessible parts of Borno state. Wikimedia CommonsThe theme for World Health Day in 1995 was “Target 2000 — A World Without Polio”. I delivered a lecture titled “Polio Eradication Race: Will Nigeria Finish Last?” to mark … [Read more...] about Valuable lessons from Nigeria’s marathon effort to eradicate polio | The Conversation
Why eradicating polio everywhere has been so hard to crack | The Conversation
Why eradicating polio everywhere has been so hard to crack: Nigerian children receiving the polio vaccine in Lagos. EPAPolio is a disease that struck fear into the hearts of parents just a generation ago. Poliomyelitis, known as polio, is a viral illness which spreads through faeces and respiratory secretions. Polio causes sudden onset of weakness, often permanent paralysis, … [Read more...] about Why eradicating polio everywhere has been so hard to crack | The Conversation
From coast to coast: Africa unites to tackle threat of polio
APO News from Africa: From coast to coast: Africa unites to tackle threat of polio: More than 190 000 polio vaccinators in 13 countries across west and central Africa will immunize more than 116 million children over the next week, to tackle the last remaining stronghold of polio on the continent. The synchronized vaccination campaign, one of the largest of its kind … [Read more...] about From coast to coast: Africa unites to tackle threat of polio
Polio campaign kicks off in Kenya
Polio campaign kicks off in Kenya: Kenya has kicked off its 2017 immunization effort with a polio campaign this week, targeting 2.9 million children aged five years and under. The campaign, January 18-22, is targeting 15 counties that are that are considered on higher risk and vulnerable and which are mainly situated in remote, hard-to-reach and border areas. The … [Read more...] about Polio campaign kicks off in Kenya
