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May 27, 2012 at 02:47 | Source: Forbes
A hard-fought battle against the polio virus may be approaching its endgame. Last week, health officials laid out plans to eradicate the virus from its last redoubts, but warned that the effort may founder owing to a US$1-billion funding gap. “We are ...
May 28, 2012 at 19:49 | Source: Nature.com
MUZAFFARGARH, May 26: On the orders of the Punjab chief secretary, union council secretary, revenue patwari, tehsildar, agriculture and water management officials, education, police and monitoring teams will participate in polio campaign from ...
May 27, 2012 at 03:30 | Source: DAWN Group
This year has seen a decline in cases but health officials say they have only half the funding they need to wipe out the disease in its last three remaining havens — Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria. Sona Bari, spokeswoman for the polio eradication ...
May 20, 2012 at 22:15 | Source: Daily Telegraph
I was in New York on 11 September 2001, standing near one of the TV screens in the media section of Unicef's communication division, where I headed up Unicef's global communication work on immunisation. As the second plane crashed into the twin ...
May 27, 2012 at 18:24 | Source: The Guardian
"[P]eople everywhere have a stake in eradicating polio, as we have stamped out smallpox," a Bloomberg View editorial states, adding, "Immunizing the last unvaccinated children on the planet is an expensive and complex undertaking, and worth it ...
May 25, 2012 at 15:21 | Source: News-Medical.Net
As the World Health Assembly convenes in Geneva this week, one item on the agenda will be polio, or more specifically, how to finally deliver on an epic promise made a quarter-century ago: to liberate humankind from one of the world's most ...
May 22, 2012 at 10:45 | Source: McClatchy
KARACHI - Despite the dramatic drop in polio cases last year, the threat of continued transmission due to funding and immunization gaps has driven the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) to launch an Emergency Action Plan.Full implementation of the ...
May 28, 2012 at 04:04 | Source: Nation
COLUMBUS — The third annual Loup d’ Loup END POLIO NOW bike ride will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday, June 16, at Commonwealth Electric, south of Columbus. The ride is open to cyclists of all levels. Mapped routes are 14 miles, 34 miles and 60 miles along ...
May 24, 2012 at 12:30 | Source: Columbus Telegram
SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Saratoga Springs Rotary Club is inviting local residents to join Rotarians in the global effort to eradicate polio with its “Posies to End Polio” campaign. The program offers local residents the opportunity to ...
May 28, 2012 at 02:02 | Source: Saratogian