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Global Health Cast Edition 77

Seventy-Seventh Edition of the Global Health Cast presented by Prof. Schmitt and Dr. Sanicas.

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11 September, 2024

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Global Health Cast Edition 63

Sixty-third Edition of the Global Health Cast presented by Prof. Schmitt and Dr. Sanicas.

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18 April, 2024

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Global Health Cast Edition 56

Fifty-sixth Edition of the Global Health Cast presented by Prof. Schmitt and Dr. Melvin Sanicas.

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22 January, 2024

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GHP News

New funding, to protect 370 million children from polio every year, puts world on verge of eradicating polio once and for all

The European Commission, the European Investment Bank and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a new financing partnership to address critical global health opportunities: eradicating polio and ensuring...

12 October, 2023

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Global Health Cast Edition 47

Forty-seventh Edition of the Global Health Cast presented by Prof. Schmitt and Dr. Sanicas.
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30 August, 2023

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Outbreak News

New York detects vaccine-derived polio case

Health officials in New York announced a vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 case, which involves a person in Rockland County, prompting a vaccination push for the unimmunized and those who aren’t fully protected...

22 July, 2022

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Malawi declares polio outbreak

The Global Polio Laboratory Network (GPLN) has confirmed the presence of a type 1 wild poliovirus (WPV1) in a child suffering from paralysis in Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi. Analysis shows that the virus is...

1 March, 2022

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Latest Science

Scientists develop safer, less costly polio vaccine

As the world nears poliovirus eradication, the vaccines themselves have become the greatest threat. In response to a global demand for an effective, safer-to-handle and less costly polio vaccine, scientists at the...

4 February, 2020

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Latest Science

Finding a safer way to make the Polio vaccine

Researchers at the University of Leeds are developing a cheaper and safer way of making the polio vaccine. The pioneering work is featured in the latest MadeAtUni campaign, a celebration of the pioneering research...

17 May, 2019

4 min read

Latest Science

Penn-led team develops plant-based Polio booster vaccine

Jonas Salk created a vaccine against polio that has been used since 1955; Albert Sabin created another version that has been on the market since 1961. Together, these two vaccines have nearly eliminated polio from the...

22 July, 2016

5 min read

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