Poliomyelitis is an ancient disease that has resulted in significant morbidity and mortality worldwide for centuries. Its ...
The second round of a vaccination campaign to protect 640,000 children in Gaza against polio will also deliver micronutrients ...
There's one confirmed case. And likely hundreds more. As experts try to ID the source of the virus in Gaza, a huge vaccine effort has wrapped up stage 1 and gears up for the critical stage 2.
Pakistan has a new polio case this week, according to the weekly report from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), ...
Polio vaccinations are wrapping up in Gaza on Thursday as the World Health Organization and its partners attempt to inoculate ...
within a week, progresses to paralysis. While intensive physical therapy can be helpful, there is no specific treatment or cure, and many patients are left with serious, life-altering disabilities.
The resurgence is part of a global revival of a disease once close to being eradicated, but geographic and cultural factors ...
As officials prepare for the second round of the campaign, health workers take stock of the project amid conflict.
The emergency vaccination program was made possible because of a pause in the fighting. The final round of polio vaccinations are set to wrap up this week in Gaza. So far, hundreds of thousands of ...
More than 560,000 children aged below 10 in Gaza have received the first of two doses of the polio vaccine, the World Health ...