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Tag: polio

WHO: Vaccine-derived polioviruses

To eradicate polio, we need to stop all strains of the virus, including vaccine-derived polioviruses. This short video explains how these rare virus strains emerge...
WHO: Vaccine-derived polioviruses

Polio booster campaign

Polio booster campaign: Last month an unvaccinated man in Rockland county, New York contracted and became parylised by Poliomyelitis (Polio).  This was the first recorded...
Polio booster campaign

BSPD: Time to talk about immunistion

BSPD advises GDP members to discuss immunisation following polio virus detection: Recent reports of the detection of the polio virus in sewage samples in London have...
BSPD: Time to talk about immunistion

Plagues, neurology, and rehabilitation: polio

Plagues, neurology, and rehabilitation: The history of polio epidemics and how COVID-19 will affect approaches to rehabilitation: Date and time: Tue 5 Jan 2021 from...
Plagues, neurology, and rehabilitation: polio

WHO frontline fight with Covid-19 in Ethiopia

Using experiences from the Polio Programme in the response to COVID-19 Pandemic in Ethiopia: The story of a dedicated frontline Laboratory Professional. Many frontline workers...
WHO frontline fight with Covid-19 in Ethiopia

The last gasp of polio

The World Health Organisation is currently vaccinating 116 million African children against the preventable disease, polio. This week, 190,000 vaccinators are on the ground  tackling...
The last gasp of polio

Plant-based vaccine for polio

"The fight against polio has been one of the great success stories of modern medicine with the disease already eliminated in much of the world....
Plant-based vaccine for polio