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• in Technology
  Breakthrough Drug May Kill All Viruses
  New Therapy Could Revolutionize Treatment for Viral Infections
  by goldnugget / on Oct 4, 2011
• in Politics
  Newsflash: Vaccines Could Save Millions of Lives
  Vaccines can potentially save 10 million lives if pharmaceutical companies invest in them for developing nations.
  by allisonmidorireilly / on May 17, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “polio”

 

• Pakistan asks WHO for help on dengue

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
  Islamabad, Jan 29 (IANS) The World Health Organisation (WHO) has assured Pakistan of its full support in eradicating diseases like polio, hepatitis and dengue.Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani met WHO Director-General Margaret Chan in Davos, Switzerland, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum, and ...
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• One year polio-free milestone for India.

  
  News from the medical worlds — Authority: 97
  NEW DELHI, Jan 12 - India is about to hit a milestone in its battle to eradicate the polio virus with no new cases reported in the past year, the countrys health minister said on Thursday, a dramatic drop from being the country worst affected by the crippling disease. The last case was detected on Jan. 13 in a ...
  5 days ago

• Polio Vaccines are the Leading Cause of Polio Paralysis

  
  News and Current Events — Authority: 129
  Sayer Ji, Contributing Writer Activist Post The Polio Global Eradication Initiative (PGEI), founded in 1988 by the World Health Organization, Rotary International, UNICEF, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, holds up India as a prime example of its success at eradicating polio, stating on ...
  1 week ago

• Polio Vaccines Now the Number One Cause of Polio Paralysis

  
  bluebeerriver — Authority: 122
  davidicke.com Wednesday, 18 January 2012 09:52 The Polio Global Eradication Initiative (PGEI), founded in 1988 by the World Health Organization, Rotary International, UNICEF, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, holds up India as a prime example of its ...
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• After Years of Decline, Afghan Polio Cases Rise

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 163
  http://www.nytimes.com/ After Years of Decline, Afghan Polio Cases Rise Health workers are alarmed at the reversal of what has been both a local and a worldwide trend — particularly since some of the cases erupted far outside the disease’s traditional areas. published date:Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:34:49 ...
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• Pablo Neruda

  
  Smoat — Authority: 143
  Karzai urges Taliban to allow polio vaccine teams – Denver Post KABUL, Afghanistan—Afghanistan’s president is urging the Taliban to allow teams conducting a polio vaccination campaign access to areas under their control. Hamid Karzai said Tuesday said that whoever hampers the medical workers “is the enemy … ...
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• India, Formerly The World’s Epicenter Of Polio, Celebrates A Polio-Free Year

  
  AsianScientist.com | Online News and Information For The Asian Student, Post-Doc and Research Community — Authority: 495
  AsianScientist (Jan. 17, 2012) – India, once recognized as the world’s epicenter of polio, appears to have interrupted wild poliovirus transmission, completing one year without polio since its last case, in a two-year-old girl in the state of West Bengal, on January 13, 2011. The number of polio-endemic ...
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• Avalanches Kill 14 in Afghanistan

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 163
  http://abcnews.go.com Avalanches Kill 14 in Afghanistan Avalanches kill 14 in Afghanistan; Karzai urges Taliban to allow polio vaccine teams published date:Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:05:00 -0500
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• Afghanistan begins polio vaccine

  
  4unews — Authority: 146
  KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghanistan’s president is urging the Taliban to allow teams conducting a polio vaccination campaign access to areas under their control. Hamid Karzai said Tuesday said that whoever hampers the medical workers “is the enemy of our children’s future.” Afghanistan is one of just three ...
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• Global Update: India: Full Year Without a Reported Case of Polio Is a First in What Was a Longtime Hot Spot

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 163
  http://www.nytimes.com/ Global Update: India: Full Year Without a Reported Case of Polio Is a First in What Was a Longtime Hot Spot India has gone a full year without a new polio case, the World Health Organization announced last week. published date:Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:40:28 GMT
  2 weeks ago

• Nigeria’s Fight Against Polio

  
  The Dispatch — Authority: 92
  India is celebrating a milestone in its fight against polio with no new cases in the last year. India was once recognized as the world’s epicenter of polio with recorded between 50,000 and 150,000 cases a year. “The secret of India’s success was based on several factors, including a mass eradication program ...
  2 weeks ago

• Vaccinating children for polio in India – in pictures

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 163
  http://www.guardian.co.uk Vaccinating children for polio in India – in pictures Children are administered polio drops during an anti-polio drive across India published date:Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:23:00 GMT
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• Vaccinating children for polio in India - in pictures

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  Children are administered polio drops during an anti-polio drive across India
  2 weeks ago

• Triumph on Polio - Something to Cheer about?

  
  Praja - know. care. participate — Authority: 109
  Finally India has managed to stop the spread of "Polio" disease in the country. On January 12, 2012, all the news media proudly carried this news of Zero polio case on their front pages. Truly a moment of celebration, achievement and result of 16 years of hardwork. Indias Rs 12,000-crore pulse polio programme has ...
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• India marks 1 year since Polio found

  
  TV Leak — Authority: 133
  It is one year since the last case of Polio was found and India has been celebrating this fact and marked the day by administering oral polio vaccine to children.
  2 weeks ago

• India marks one year anniversary since last polio case

  
  Eideard — Authority: 127
  India marks one year anniversary since last polio case.
  2 weeks ago

• Nice Job on Polio, but Don’t Forget the Other Diseases

  
  Global Health Policy — Authority: 97
  By Victoria Fan - This is a joint post with Rachel Silverman On Friday the global health community celebrated a much anticipated anniversary: one year has passed since India’s last reported case of polio. While still tenuous, this achievement is an important milestone for the international effort to attain ...
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• India Marks Major Milestone In Global Fight To Eradicate Polio

  
  Health Policy Blog — Authority: 113
  Rukhsar Kahatoon was 18 months old when she was diagnosed with polio exactly one year ago, on January 13, 2011. Today Rukhsar is a healthy 2 1/2 year old living in Howrah, close to Kolkata, West Bengal. She’s also the last recorded case of polio in India. That India, a country which until a few [...]
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• Pakistani daily lauds India for no polio cases in 2011

  
  NVO News — Authority: 571
  Islamabad, (IANS) India must receive “due appreciation” as it has been a year since its last case of polio was reported, said a leading Pakistani daily. An editorial in the Dawn Saturday said that India is marking the passage of a full year since its last case of polio was reported. “If this trend continues, ...
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• Pakistani daily lauds India for no polio cases in 2011

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
  Islamabad, Jan 14 (IANS) India must receive “due appreciation” as it has been a year since its last case of polio was reported, said a leading Pakistani daily.An editorial in the Dawn Saturday said that India is marking the passage of a full year since its last case of polio was reported. “If [...]
  2 weeks ago

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