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Hace 3 días · In 2016, the global health authorities removed a type of poliovirus from the oral vaccine. The virus caused a growing number of outbreaks and has now arrived in Gaza.
Hace 2 días · In 2023, the EPI programme in Iraq prevented 11 034 deaths and is expected to prevent a further 11 663 by the end of 2024. The health benefits of Iraq’s immunization efforts extend beyond saving ...
Hace 4 días · The introduction of IPV globally - prior to a phased removal of the oral polio vaccine (OPV) during 2016-2018 - is a major element of the comprehensive plan to end all polio disease and secure a polio-free future. Removing OPV and adding IPV to routine immunisation programmes will eliminate the risk of vaccine-associated polio outbreaks.
Hace 3 días · After a quarter of a century, the disease has returned to Gaza, prompting a campaign to immunize all of the territory's children against the virus.
Hace 5 días · Major challenges facing efforts to prevent the spread of the disease to polio-free countries included the hajj and ʿumrah pilgrimages to Mecca, each of which involved large-scale population movements of people from the remaining polio-endemic countries of south-central Asia.
Hace 5 días · In Gaza, despite the success of the mass polio vaccination campaign so far, UN humanitarians warned on Wednesday that the very children they are trying to protect have been blighted by disease...
Hace 2 días · The workshop took place at the KSrelief headquarters in Riyadh in collaboration with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO), addressing global efforts aimed at eradicating polio.
