Women Hold the Key to Ending Polio for Good

These leaders know their communities intimately, and their wives often hold informal but significant influence: they are ...
Yahoo

‘Health champions’: Local women lead the fight against polio in Nigeria

Abuja and Nasarawa, Nigeria – In the neighbourhood of Kado Lifecamp on the outskirts of Nigeria’s capital, 29-year-old Eucharia Joseph grips a cooler box and sets out for her day. Inside are oral ...
Yahoo

Ending polio still possible, health officials say, as funding cut by 30%

A nurse fills a syringe with a vaccine before administering an injection at a kids clinic in Kiev, Ukraine August 14, 2019. Picture taken August 14, 2019. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko (Corrects ...
Daily Journal

The Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, the UN says

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, the U.N. said Monday. It’s a devastating setback for polio eradication, since the virus is one ...
Washington Times

Taliban officials suspend polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, the U.N. says

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, the U.N. said Monday. Afghanistan is one of two countries in which the spread of the ...
AOL.co.uk

Women Hold the Key to Ending Polio for Good

UNICEF health consultant Hadiza Waya immunizes a child during vaccination campaign against polio at Hotoro-Kudu, Nassarawa district of Kano in northwest Nigeria, on April 22, 2017. Credit - Pius Utomi ...