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A virus conquered
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A virus conquered

This past week, India marked three years since its last reported polio case. As the country gets ready to be declared ‘polio-free’, the author looks back at a well-deserved victory January 13, was a...

20 January, 2014
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Two million children for polio immunisation
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Two million children for polio immunisation

About 2.1 million children below the age of five are to be immunised against polio in a new mass campaign in 36 ‘high risk’ districts. The ‘door-to-door’ immunisation campaign worth sh8.8b is funded by the Government...

18 September, 2013
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Why the world is not yet done with polio
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Why the world is not yet done with polio

The crippling virus has been almost eliminated—but stubborn pockets remain. The finish line for eradicating polio worldwide can seem like a weary marathoner’s mirage. The distance traveled is immense: The disease...

20 August, 2013
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Mutated virus heightens polio worries
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Mutated virus heightens polio worries

A rare and dangerous strain of a mutated polio virus has reappeared in Pakistan to the dread of the long-time polio-free world. Dr Alias Durray, chief of the World Health Organisation’s polio eradication programme in...

5 August, 2013
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India ‘polio free’ despite death
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India ‘polio free’ despite death

The death of a 10-month-old baby in Maharashtra state’s Latur District on Saturday blemishes India’s record in fighting polio but won’t impact the country’s march toward being certified polio-free. On Jan. 13, India...

26 June, 2013
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