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HUNGARY AND ITS COLD WAR BATTLE WITH POLIO

Hungary and its Cold War battle with polio By Penny Bailey Also at http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140415-how-polio-eased-cold-war-tensions Trapped by conflict and scarred by a failed revolution, Hungary fought one of its greatest battles against ... read more

POLIO THIS WEEK

Bad news from Central Africa. Three confirmed WPV from Equatorial Guinea, and an epidemic response of uneven quality in Cameroon. BD Polio this week The data table below is as of 16 April 2014 In central Africa, a new wild poliovirus typ ... read more

SECRETARIAT REPORT TO THE W.H.A. ON POLIO ERADICAT ...

SIXTY-SEVENTH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY A 6 7 / 3 8  Provisional agenda item 16.4  21 March 2014 Poliomyelitis: intensification of the global eradication initiative Report by the Secretariat The first four months of 2014 have seen an up ... read more

FAREWELL TO BEN NKOWANE

FAREWELL TO BEN NKOWANE The Global Polio Eradication Initiative has seen two retirements in as many months, both from the Country Support Team. Dr. Benjamin Nkowane has come a long way from his homeland, Zambia, to the Centers for Disease Control ... read more

POLIO RETURNS, PROMPTS GLOBAL HEALTH WARNING

POLIO RETURNS, PROMPTS GLOBAL HEALTH WARNING By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.MAY 5, 2014 Alarmed by the spread of polio to several fragile countries, the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency on Monday for only the second time sinc ... read more

INDIA AFTER POLIO

INDIA AFTER POLIO Talha Burki The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Volume 14, Issue 4, Pages 274 - 275, April 2014   Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved. India has not seen a new case of poliomyelitis for 3 years ... read more

MANDATORY POLIO VACCINATION FOR TRAVELLERS: PROTEC ...

MANDATORY POLIO VACCINATION FOR TRAVELLERS: PROTECTING GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH Paul D Rutter a, Liam J Donaldson a   The Lancet, Early Online Publication, 8 May 2014 Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved. Best view ... read more

INDEPENDENT MONITORING BOARD, GLOBAL POLIO ERADIC ...

Dear All, The Independent Monitoring Board on polio eradication met last week in London. Their report should be out by end May. In the meantime, I am reposting their letter of February on the situation of polio in the world. Unfortunately, many ... read more