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In Angola, nearly 900 cases of polio have occurred in one of the largest polio outbreaks ever recorded in Africa. It is noted that 58 children have already died, with almost all cases reported in children under 5 years old who have never been immunized. Such an outbreak was sparked by renewed fighting which displaced families to over-crowded slums ...
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An estimated 4.3 million children were vaccinated against polio and given vitamin A supplements during the first round of the National Immunization Days (NIDs) in Afghanistan. In the remote areas, 20,000 health workers and volunteers were trained and deployed to reach children for vaccination. Moreover, the WHO helped in the distribution of supplie...
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The "Stop Transmission of Polio" (STOP) team of surveillance officers, has made significant progress in improving AFP surveillance. Large numbers of district and hospital staff have been trained. In three regions which border India, with low surveillance and high populations, more than twice as many AFP cases were soon being reported to public heal...
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The WHO and health officials launched a massive house-to-house immunization campaign in Pakistan's Sindh Province, which was considered the largest mopping-up operation ever conducted, reaching a record 6.5 million children in a high-risk area. The collaborative effort of the government of Pakistan, the WHO, the UN Children's Fund, Rotary Internati...
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A resolution urging all member states to accelerate the initiative to eradicate polio by the end of the year 2000 was unanimously passed at the World Health Assembly. There was unanimous support for the proposal of WHO to contain all laboratory stocks of the poliovirus. 46 countries spoke from the floor to pledge their commitment to support the ass...
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An estimated 500,000 children in the remote and troubled northern governorates of Iraq received the polio vaccine, many for the first time in a house-to-house campaign during the National Immunization Days (NIDs) in March. High-level political leaders attended inauguration ceremonies in Ebril and Sulimaniyah. International supervision was kept to a...
