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Why polio is so hard to eliminate – Chad

Poor-quality emergency immunization campaigns and low routine polio immunization coverage are helping the polio virus to spread in Chad,

1 February, 2012

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Poliomyelitis in Chad

Chad is experiencing outbreaks of both wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1 – 65 cases in 2011) and wild poliovirus type 3 (WPV3 – three cases) reports the World Health Organization (WHO). The WPV3 outbreak has been...

13 June, 2011

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Rainy season to worsen Chad cholera outbreak

A cholera outbreak that has killed more than 100 people in Chad could worsen this June as the rainy season starts in the Central African country, Oxfam warned on Wednesday.

8 June, 2011

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