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Polio, measles immunisation programme hit by Covid pandemicGlobally, millions of children are at a heightened risk of polio and measles - dangerous but preventable diseases - amid disruptions to vital immunization programmes due to the coronavirus pandemic, UN Children’s Fund (Unicef) and World More… |
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UAE donates $30m to global polio eradication driveThe UAE has donated $30 million to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in the US city of Atlanta that will help drop the level of global polio infections down to zero. This was announced by UAE Ambassador to the US Yousef Al O More… |
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UAE's aid to combat polio exceeds $29mThe value of foreign aid provided by UAE to combat polio during the past two years has exceeded Dh110 million ($29.9 million), according to Sheikha Lubna Bint Khalid Al Qasimi, Minister of International Cooperation and Development and he More… |
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'Combining vaccines may help eradicate polio'Combining two types of polio vaccine, including one that is injected rather than given orally, appears to give better immunity and could speed efforts to eradicate the crippling disease, scientists said. Britis More… |
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Syria region excluded from polio vaccine driveThe Syrian government excluded the largely rebel-held province of Deir al-Zor - where polio broke out this year - from a 2012 vaccination campaign, arguing that most residents had fled although hundreds of thousands were still there, a Reuters i More… |
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Syria polio cases spread to Damascus, AleppoThe World Health Organization said on Tuesday that additional polio cases had been confirmed in two new areas of Syria, including near Damascus and in the northern city of Aleppo near Turkey. "In addition to 15 polio cases in More… |
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Polio vaccine drive in ME over Syria outbreakSeven countries and territories in the Middle East are holding mass polio vaccination campaigns with further extensive campaigns planned for December targeting 22 million children following confirmation of the polio outbreak in Syria. More… |
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UN launches biggest Mideast polio campaignThe largest-ever consolidated immunization response in the Middle East is under way to stop a polio outbreak, aiming to vaccinate over 20 million children in seven countries and territories repeatedly, said senior United Nations health officials More… |
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Syria polio outbreak 'may threaten Europe'Vaccinating only Syrian refugees against polio may not be enough to prevent the crippling viral disease from re-infecting Europe where it has not been seen for decades, German scientists warned on Friday. Writing in The Lancet med More… |
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Polio outbreak in Syria risks spreadingA polio outbreak has been confirmed among young children in northeast Syria and risks spreading in the region, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday. Twenty-two children in Deir Al-Zor province became paralysed this More… |
