Showing posts with label Polio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Polio. Show all posts
Friday, November 14, 2014

WHO: Poliovirus (cVDPVs) in South Sudan and Madagascar

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Photo Credit WHO   #  9325   In my lifetime we’ve gone from seeing Polio as among the worst of the childhood scourges to nearly se...
Wednesday, August 20, 2014

PNAS: A Vaccine Evading Variant Poliovirus

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Photo Credit WHO   # 8975   For those born after 1960, it is probably difficult to understand the kind of fear that Polio generate...
Tuesday, July 08, 2014

MMWR: CDC Interim Guidance On Polio Vaccination For Travelers To/From Countries With WPV

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Credit MMWR # 8811     Two months ago ( May 5th ) the World Health Organization -  after convening a meeting of their Emergen...
Monday, June 23, 2014

WHO: Environmental Surveillance Detects WPV1 (Polio) In Brazil

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Child receiving Polio Vaccine – CDC PHIL   # 8774   Although it may be not the most glamorous public health job at the World Cup i...
Monday, May 05, 2014

WHO Declares Polio Spread A Public Health Emergency Of International Concern

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Photo Credit WHO     # 8572   The recent resurgence of Polio in the Middle East (see WHO: WPV1 (Polio) Risks In Israel Remain Mo...
Saturday, March 22, 2014

WHO: GAR On Polio Spread From Syria – Confirmed Case in Iraq

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Syria - Credit Wikipedia # 8393   The discovery last October of a cluster of 22 cases  of Acute Flaccid Paralysis ( AFP ) in  Syr...
Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Pakistan: 3 More Polio Workers Murdered

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  # 8201   This headline is sadly becoming all too common, as once again attacks on polio workers have claimed multiple lives in ...
Friday, December 13, 2013

Pakistan: 3 More Polio Workers Killed

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# 8069   Via Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty , we get the sad news that another series of attacks has killed three Polio workers and/...
Tuesday, November 26, 2013

WHO: Update On Polio Detection In Syria

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Syria - Credit Wikipedia # 8012   The World Health Organization has announced the detection of an additional two cases of polio in ...
Wednesday, November 13, 2013

WHO Updates The Polio Outbreak In The Middle East

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    # 7970   We’ve been following the outbreak of Polio in Syria, and the detection of the polio virus in environmental surveillan...
Monday, November 11, 2013

WHO: Polio Update In Syria – Nov 11th

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Syria - Credit Wikipedia   # 7961   The World Health Organization release the following update this morning on the Polio outbreak...
Friday, November 08, 2013

WHO/UNICEF: Polio Vaccination Response For Syria & Neighboring Countries

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  Photo Credit WHO   # 7951   The recent resurgence of Polio in the Middle East (see WHO: Confirmation Of Polio In Syria & ...
Tuesday, November 05, 2013

WHO: Stepped Up Polio Immunizations For Travelers To And From Infected Areas

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Photo Credit WHO #7937   The recent resurgence of Polio in the Middle East (see WHO: Confirmation Of Polio In Syria & WHO: WPV1...
Tuesday, October 29, 2013

WHO: Confirmation Of Polio In Syria

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Syria - Credit Wikipedia   # 7915     The World Health Organization has posted a GAR ( Global Alert & Response ) update ...

BBC: Polio Confirmed In Syria - WHO

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Syria - Credit Wikipedia   # 7912   While not surprising, given the reports last week (see WHO: Reports Of Suspected Polio In Syri...
Thursday, October 24, 2013

ECDC Risk Assessment : Suspected Polio In Syria

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Syria - Credit Wikipedia # 7993   The discovery last week of a cluster of Acute Flaccid Paralysis ( AFP ) in Syria (see WHO: Reports...
Saturday, October 19, 2013

WHO: Reports Of Suspected Polio In Syria

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# 7878     The World Health Organization has just released a GAR ( Global Alert & Response ) update on a cluster of AFP ( Acut...
Monday, October 07, 2013

Pakistan: Bomb Attack On Polio Vaccination Protection Team Kills 2

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  # 7841   The violent campaign against the polio vaccination effort in Pakistan continues, with a fresh bomb attack in a Peshawar...