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Polio vaccine effort in Syria reaches 1.4 million children as volunteers brave violence

Despite grave danger, a campaign to combat the spread of polio in rebel-held Syria has been surprisingly successful, with volunteers inoculating about 1.4 million children since the beginning of the year. The...

27 June, 2014

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Millions of children in Syria and region to be vaccinated against polio, measles, mumps and rubella

As Syria awaits confirmation of suspected polio cases in the east of the country, UNICEF has joined the World Health Organisation and other partners in mounting a large-scale immunisation effort aimed at protecting as...

28 October, 2013

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Dr. Peter Hotez: Arab revolutions and infrastructure breakdown causing disease proliferation

Houston-based physician and researcher Dr. Peter J. Hotez MD PhD, America’s leading advocate for and internationally recognized expert on tropical diseases and vaccine development, drew attention to the often overlooked...

26 August, 2013

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UN steps up vaccination campaigns amid measles outbreaks among uprooted Syrians

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and partners have stepped up vaccination campaigns in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq and Turkey amid measles outbreaks in a region already struggling to provide humanitarian...

6 May, 2013

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