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35 lakh kids take polio drops in Hyderabad

Four lakh children took the polio drops against the target of 4.8 lakhs in Hyderabad district.

Publication Date:

12/03/2019

Source: Deccan Chronicle (Telangana)

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Polio, Vaccination, Immunisation, Child Health, Health

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Africa: South Africa Bids to Regain WHO Polio-Free Certification

South Africa is part of a 'pariah' group of countries that are not certified polio-free, thanks to weaknesses in our surveillance and vaccination programme.

Publication Date:

11/03/2019

Source: All Africa

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Health, Polio, South Africa, WHO, Immunisation, Africa, Child Health

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Hyderabad: Major dip in vaccination drive

Only 4 lakh children took the polio drops against the target of 4.8 lakh.

Publication Date:

11/03/2019

Source: Deccan Chronicle (Telangana)

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Telangana, Polio, Vaccination, Child Health, Health

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Global Polio Surveillance Status Report 2019

This report reviews the state of poliovirus surveillance for the first year of the Global Polio Surveillance Action Plan, 2018–2020 (GPSAP) implementation, comparing its performance to the preceding two years and taking stock of the challenges faced, innovations advanced and opportunities explored to enhance surveillance especially in priority areas

Publication Date:

01/01/2019

Source: WHO

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Global, Polio, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Africa, Nigeria, Asia, Europe

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Why tackling polio virus 2 resurgence should be priority for India

The government has set up a high-level task force to determine how Wild Polio Virus 2 (WPV2) traces surfaced in the Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) batches made by Ghaziabad-based Biomed, which is facing

Publication Date:

03/10/2018

Source: Tribune (New Delhi)

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Polio, Vaccination, Child Health, Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare, WHO, Health

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Contaminated vaccines put India’s ‘polio free’ status at risk

At least three batches of polio vaccines containing 1.5 lakh vials have been found contaminated with type 2 polio virus, putting at risk India’s “polio free” status as children born after April 201

Publication Date:

01/10/2018

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

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Polio, WHO, Vaccination, Immunisation, Child Health, Health

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Nigeria approves USD 150 million World Bank loan to fight polio

Nigeria has approved a $150 million loan from the World Bank to help eradicate polio and scale up immunization, Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun said on Wednesday.

Publication Date:

09/08/2018

Tags:

Health, Polio, Nigeria, World Bank, Immunisation, Child Health, Africa

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