WHAT'S NEW THIS TUESDAY: FOUR FEATURES ON POLIO FROM NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO

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WHAT’S NEW THIS TUESDAY ON WWW.CHILDSURVIVAL.NET : FOUR FEATURES ON POLIO FROM NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO

• WIPING OUT POLIO: HOW THE U.S. SNUFFED OUT A KILLER

by Jason Beaubien, National Public Radio

Best viewed at http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/10/10/162670836/wiping-out-polio-how-the-u-s-snuffed-out-a-killer

October 15, 2012

• AT POLIO'S EPICENTER, VACCINATORS BATTLE CHAOS AND INDIFFERENCE

by Jason Beaubien

Kano, in northern Nigeria, has been called the "epicenter" of the current polio outbreak. This part of Nigeria is the only place in the world where polio cases are increasing.

• HOW THE TALIBAN IS THWARTING THE WAR ON POLIO
  
  

by Jackie Northam

October 17, 2012

Best viewed, with photos, at http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/10/17/162595455/how-the-taliban-is-thwarting-the-war-on-polio

• WITH AN ARMY OF VACCINATORS, INDIA SUBDUES POLIO

Best viewed at http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/10/18/162739833/with-an-army-of-vaccinators-india-subdues-polio

by Julie McCarthy

October 18, 2012

Twice a year, an army of 2 million volunteers fans out across India to administer the vaccine. India has not reported a single case of polio in more than a year-and-a-half.