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  • In this Wednesday, April 24, 2013 file photo, a Somali baby

    Africa now free of wild poliovirus, but polio threat remains

    World | August 26, 2020 7:46 IST

    Health authorities on Tuesday declared the African continent free of the wild poliovirus after decades of effort, though cases of vaccine-derived polio are still sparking outbreaks of the paralyzing disease in more than a dozen countries.

  • Polio in Syria turns into a challenge

    Syria Polio Outbreak: Steps being taken to eradicate the disease globally, WHO

    World | June 09, 2017 17:00 IST

    “On May 29, a World Health Organization spokeswoman told media that there had been 50 cases of acute flaccid paralysis in the governorate since the start of 2017, but no stool samples had yet tested positive for polio has been largely destroyed”.

  • two new polio cases detected in pakistan

    Two new polio cases detected in Pakistan

    World | August 02, 2014 14:03 IST

    Islamabad: Two new polio cases has been detected in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), a media report said on Saturday.Health officials said that one-year-old Salma Bibi from Peshawar's Nasab Colony

  • who issues travel restriction on pakistan due to polio

    WHO issues travel restriction on Pakistan due to polio

    World | May 06, 2014 11:40 IST

    New Delhi: The World Health Organization on Monday issued an international alert over the resurgence of polio — a disease over which India has just won a hard-fought battle. The WHO alert was accompanied by

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