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Polio eradication is possible only through ensuring the highest possible vaccination coverage worldwide and maintaining it indefinitely

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The recent public health emergency declarations in New York and London due to polio infections and detection of the virus in these cities’ wastewater strongly indicate that polio is no longer close to...

Polio 2021: Is Pakistan and Afghanistan on the verge of eradication?

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In 2021, five total wild poliovirus 1 (WPV1) cases were reported in the last two endemic countries, Pakistan and Afghanistan with one case and four cases reported, respectively. This...

Pakistan reports 4 additional polio cases, Afghanistan see first cases of 2020

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Global health officials reported six additional wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in two countries last week, bringing the total for the year to 23. In Pakistan, four...

Polio news: Six additional wild poliovirus type 1 cases reported, while wild poliovirus type 3 declared eradicated

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Global polio cases Global health officials reported an additional six wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases during the past week–two in Afghanistan and four in...

Three wild poliovirus cases reported in past week, 15 total cases in 2019 to date

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Officials with the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) reported three additional wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases from Afghanistan and Pakistan, bringing the total for 2019 to date to 15. In...

Polio eradication successes and struggles, Unusual infectious disease news

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On this weekends Outbreak News This Week Radio show, I spend the first half talking to World Health Organization (WHO) spokesperson for polio eradication, Oliver Rosenbauer. During the interview, Mr Rosenbauer...

Polio, Pakistan, the progress and difficulties with WHO spokesperson, Oliver Rosenbauer

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Thanks to vaccinations, cases of wild poliovirus globally have dropped dramatically. In the 1980s the estimated global number of paralytic cases was over 350,000 per year and the disease was still prevalent...

Nigeria: No wild poliovirus in two years

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The last case of  wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) reported in Nigeria was on Aug. 21, 2016 in Borno State. This has prompted Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole to declare recently, “Nigeria...

Nigeria reports no polio in 22 months, on track to eradicating the disease

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Nigeria and Africa on track to eradicating poliomyelitis, according to Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole during an announcement at the African Regional Commission for Certification...

Infectious diseases in the FY2018 Omnibus Appropriations Bill

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The FY2018 Omnibus Appropriations Bill, which passed the Senate and the House last week and was signed into law by President Trump includes approximately $1.3 trillion in overall spending. There are a...