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Eradication efforts should continue in southern Africa, report says.
2003 JUL 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Although wild poliovirus circulation appears to have been interrupted in the Southern part of Africa polio eradication activities should be sustained until global eradication is certified, officials with the U.S. National Immunization Program think.
The estimated global occurrence of poliomyelitis has decreased more than 99% since 1988, when the World Health Assembly resolved to eradicate polio worldwide. The last cases of poliomyelitis in the Southern African Block were observed in Zambia in February 2002.
Writing in the June 6, 2003, issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Kathryn Kohler, PhD, and coworkers write that "while it is ...
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- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire December 5, 2002 700+ words
...sation (WHO) made "excellent progress" in the global polio eradication drive between 1999 and 2002. A statement yesterday in...effort was demonstrative of the partners' support for the Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI), shrinking financial contributions...
- High hopes for polio eradication efforts.
- News wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International April 26, 2007 700+ words
...Pakistans 2,430 km-long porous border areas with Afghanistan, where a number of key challenges continue to hamper polio eradication, such as insecurity and cultural barriers. In addition to insecurity in certain areas of the tribal belt bordering Afghanistan...
- Polio eradication efforts enter new stage.
- News wire article from: UPI NewsTrack February 2, 2006 700+ words
GENEVA, Switzerland, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- The effort to eradicate polio is entering a new phase involving the use of next-generation vaccines, the World Health Organization announced Thursday. The move comes as the number of nations with indigenous polio is at an all-time low of four. Starting this
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- News wire article from: AsiaPulse News February 6, 2009 700+ words
(THROUGH ASIA PULSE) 06-02 2009
- World Bank approves US $21.5 Million supplemental credit for polio eradication...
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire October 16, 2004 700+ words
...s progress toward polio eradication has recommended that...task manager of the Polio Eradication Project. "Parents...supporting the Pakistan Polio Eradication Initiative and global eradication efforts in partnership with...
- IDA, Jica to provide $80 million for polio eradication project.
- Magazine article from: Business Recorder January 17, 2009 700+ words
...Partnership for Polio Eradication Project" to assist...to report, the polio eradication initiative (PEI...down mechanism for polio eradication projects are in...PEI and global eradication efforts in partnership...
- India, Pak to cooperate in Polio eradication.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire March 10, 2004 700+ words
...cooperating in the area of polio eradication and the Indian government...to give a final push to polio eradication efforts, top officials said...cooperation in the area of polio eradication," the officials said adding...
- Global Polio Eradication Initiative, Strategic Plan 2004-2008/Initiative...
- Magazine article from: Weekly Epidemiological Record February 6, 2004 700+ words
...the greater Cairo area. Polio eradication efforts have prevented an estimated...immunization campaigns. The Global Polio Eradication Initiative has promoted integrated...Immunization. The Global Polio Eradication Initiative is spearheaded...
- Global Polio Eradication Now Hinges on Four Countries.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 13, 2006 700+ words
...the Advisory Committee on Polio Eradication (ACPE), the independent...CDC) and UNICEF. The polio eradication coalition includes governments...poliovirus: Since 1988, global polio eradication efforts reduced the number of polio...
- (Inter-provincial body constituted to monitor polio eradication drive).
- News wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International December 17, 2008 700+ words
...monitoring, and review of the polio eradication efforts throughout the country...meeting was to have a review of polio eradication in Pakistan especially in...future course of action for polio eradication. The Minister reaffirmed...
Source: HighBeam Research, Eradication efforts should continue in southern Africa, report says.