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THE SLIPPERY GEOGRAPHIES OF POLIO/ NOTE TO READERS ...

NOTE TO READERSAppearing as it does in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, this article is unlikely to be ignored. But can it be rebutted?Your thoughts, please, to rdavis@africamail.comBDTHE SLIPPERY GEOGRAPHIES OF POLIO The Lancet Infectious Diseases ... read more

PRESENTATIONS, GLOBAL POLIO PARTNERS GROUP (PPG)

PRESENTATIONS, GLOBAL POLIO PARTNERS GROUP (PPG) The Polio Partners Group serves as the stakeholder voice for the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) in the development and implementation of short-term and long-term polio eradication stra ... read more

THE ROAD TO POLIO ZERO: PROGRAMME COMMUNICATION FO ...

UNICEF presentation at the polio meeting held in Geneva earlier this month.http://www.polioeradication.org/Portals/0/Document/Aboutus/PPG/PPG_Mtg20140616_presentation2.pdf read more

MAKING HISTORY: FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY TO ...

MAKING HISTORY: FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY TO A POLIO-FREE WORLD Bulletin of the World Health Organization,  Volume 92, Number 7, July 2014, 465-544 http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/92/7/en/  Editorial Making history: from a publ ... read more

U.N. WARNS OF POLIO RISK IN WAR ZONES

U.N. WARNS OF POLIO RISK IN WAR ZONES By RICK GLADSTONE NEW YORK TIMES, JULY 22, 2014 The United Nations expressed concern about the possible spread of polio in the war-ravaged countries of Syria and Iraq and beyond on Tuesday despite the biggest ... read more

WITHIN REACH: A REDOUBLING OF EFFORTS SHOULD SWIFT ...

WITHIN REACH: A REDOUBLING OF EFFORTS SHOULD SWIFTLY ERADICATE POLIO FROM ITS LAST STRONGHOLDS. Nature, 16 July 2014 The global effort to eradicate poliomyelitis has been spectacularly successful, eliminating 99% of cases in its 26-year history. Bu ... read more

TALIBAN THREATENS POLIO ERADICATION IN PAKISTAN

From National Public Radio: http://www.npr.org/blogs/goatsandsoda/2014/07/28/330767266/taliban-in-pakistan-derails-world-polio-eradication?sc=17&f=1001  read more

POLIO ERADICATION: PLACING HEALTH BEFORE CONFLICT

POLIO ERADICATION: PLACING HEALTH BEFORE CONFLICT The Lancet In a recent interview with Reuters, Bill Gates was optimistic that efforts to eradicate polio in Nigeria could result in the country being declared free of the disease by 2018. Although a ... read more