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[Perspectives] Polio revisited
Contrary to the signature opening of the television series Star Trek, Gareth Williams, professor of medicine at Bristol University in the UK, has decided to boldly go where many men and women have gone before. Like Richard Carter in Breakthrough, or Tony Gould in A Summer Plague, or Aaron Klein in Trial by Fury, or John Paul in A History of Poliomyelitis, or Naomi Rogers in Dirt and Disease, or Jane Smith in Patenting the Sun, or John Wilson in Margin of Safety, or Nina Seavey in A Paralyzing Fear, or, most notably, David Oshinsky in his Pulitzer-Prize-winning, Polio: An American Story, Williams has written a book about po...
Source: LANCET - May 24, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Paul Offit Tags: Perspectives Source Type: research

West Africa: West Africa Children Threatened
[NEWS]A four day vaccination campaign, in a concerted effort to eradicate the incurable childkillerdisease, polio from the West African sub-region gets underway today, May 24, 2013. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - May 24, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

J&J plans filing on more than 10 new drugs by 2017
(Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson said on Thursday it plans to submit more than 10 new products for regulatory approval by 2017, including drugs to treat hepatitis C, immune diseases and schizophrenia, and vaccines for flu, rabies and polio. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 23, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Nigeria: Rejection of Polio Vaccine Reaches South
[Daily Trust]Coverage for routine immunisation is expected to grow from about 60 per cent in the first quarter of this year to more than 90 per cent by year end, National Primary Health Care Development Agency boasted this week. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - May 20, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Peptide profiling of the route from Mahoney to Sabin, and return
Abstract In order to define poliovirus (PV) neurovirulence at the molecular level, we comparatively analyze the primary amino acid sequence of Mahoney, a neurovirulent PV strain, versus (i) Sabin, an attenuated PV strain, and (ii) IS1, a PV isolate obtained in temporal association to a paralysis event from a polio vaccinated subject. We identify and describe 12 pentapeptides that, originally present in the Mahoney sequence, are changed in the non‐neurovirulent Sabin strain, and, successively, restored in IS1 strain. (Source: Journal of Basic Microbiology)
Source: Journal of Basic Microbiology - May 20, 2013 Category: Microbiology Authors: Darja Kanduc, Candida Fasano, Simona Lucia Bavaro, Giuseppe Novello, Guglielmo Lucchese, Giovanni Capone Tags: Research Paper Source Type: research

Nigeria: Leading Islamic Academy Declares Support for Polio Eradication
[This Day]The International Islamic Fiqh Academy has expressed support to the polio vaccination in the country, stressing that it has issued a fatwa on anybody or group of persons, who attack health workers carrying out the polio vaccination in the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - May 17, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Nigeria: Survivors Call for End to Polio in Nigeria
[This Day]The Association of Polio Survivors of Nigeria has made a fervent call to all parents in Nigeria to get all their children below the age of five vaccinated against the polio virus in each and every immunization round to save them from the crippling disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - May 16, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

NanoPass Technologies Supports A CDC-Sponsored Phase 3 Study Of Polio Vaccine In Infants As Part Of its Global Health Initiative
NanoPass Technologies Ltd. ("NanoPass"), a pioneer in intradermal (into-the-skin or ID) vaccine delivery solutions, is collaborating with the US Center of Disease Control and prevention (CDC) in conducting a large phase 3 trial of polio vaccine in infants inSouth East Asia. (Source: Pharmaceutical Online News)
Source: Pharmaceutical Online News - May 14, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Nigeria: Canada Invests U.S.$18 Million On Polio Eradication in Nigeria
[Daily Trust]The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) has allocated $18 million to polio eradication in Nigeria through a grant that will support surveillance and response system, increase targeted polio vaccination campaigns and strengthen the routine immunization system. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - May 14, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Angola: Vaccination Against Polio Continues This Week
[ANGOP]Luanda -The vaccination of children under five years, in Luanda, will continue until next weekend, in order cover all the little ones, it was learned, Monday. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - May 14, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Modeling the effects of immunizations timing on child health outcomes in india
SUMMARY Timely vaccinations of children in developing countries are important for reducing morbidity and mortality, which are Millennium Development Goals. However, a majority of children do not possess vaccination cards compiling information on timing. We investigated the benefits of vaccination cards for the uptake of immunizations against diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus (DPT), polio, tuberculosis (BCG), and measles using data on over 200,000 Indian children from the District Level Health and Facility Survey 3. Methodological issues such as whether parents of children with higher morbidity levels may have them vaccinat...
Source: Health Economics - May 14, 2013 Category: Health Management Authors: Alok Bhargava, Aravinda M. Guntupalli, Michael Lokshin, Larry L. Howard Tags: Research Article Source Type: research

Angola: Polio Immunization Campaign to Reach Two Million Children
[ANGOP]Luanda -Two million children under five years of age will be immunized in Luanda during the vaccination campaign against polio started Friday and scheduled to end on Sunday, 12. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 11, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Vaccines to be juggled in final assault against polio
The WHO is beginning what it hopes will be its final push to eradicate polio, involving the fastest, largest roll-out of a vaccine in history (Source: New Scientist - Health)
Source: New Scientist - Health - May 10, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: research

Infections and cancer: debate about using vaccines as a cancer control tool
In 2012, Infectious Agents and Cancer commissioned a thematic series collection of articles on Prevention of HPV related cancer. The articles have attracted wide interest and stimulated debate, including about the utility of vaccines in cancer control. The application of vaccines to cancer control fulfills a promise envisioned at the turn of the 20th century when remarkable experiments showed that some cancers were caused by infections. This suggested the possibility of applying infection-control strategies to cancer control. Vaccines represent the most practical cost-effective technology to prevent wide human suffering an...
Source: Infectious Agents and Cancer - May 4, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Sam MbulaiteyeFranco Buonaguro Source Type: research

[Comment] Poliomyelitis in Pakistan: time for the Muslim world to step in
Global poliomyelitis eradication is almost within reach—this disease persists only in Nigeria, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, which are countries with substantial Muslim populations. Today this ambitious goal is threatened, partly by misinformed and politicised religious views that not only seed suspicion about polio vaccination but recently led to murder of polio workers. In Pakistan, 16 workers engaged in a polio vaccination campaign have been killed since December, 2012, halting vaccination in many parts of the country and placing Pakistan's 2012 gains in poliomyelitis eradication at risk. (Source: LANCET)
Source: LANCET - May 4, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Qanta A Ahmed, Sania Nishtar, Ziad A Memish Tags: Comment Source Type: research

Intensity of crisis unabated, lifesaving care amidst insecurity difficult
The conflict in Syria is extremely intense, with moving front lines, enclaves of people cut off from assistance, an estimated 6.8 million people in urgent need of humanitarian assistance and a collapsed health system. Despite the very real challenges of operating in the country, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) now has four hospitals, increasing mobile clinic activities around some of these hospitals, and a strategy of actively seeking to open new projects where it is safe to do so. In order to be entirely independent of all political positioning around the Syria crisis, MSF only uses private donations for its work in Syri...
Source: MSF News - May 3, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Syria Frontpage NEWS Violence Source Type: news

Progress toward eradication of polio - worldwide, january 2011-march 2013.
This report provides an update on progress toward global polio eradication during January 2011-March 2013, using data reported as of April 23, 2013. The number of WPV cases reported globally decreased 66%, from 650 in 2011 to 223 in 2012; WPV cases decreased 53% (from 80 to 37) in Afghanistan and 71% (from 198 to 58) in Pakistan, but increased 97% (from 62 to 122) in Nigeria. The number of imported WPV cases in previously polio-free countries decreased from 309 in 12 countries in 2011 to six in two countries in 2012 (3,4). During January-March 2013, a total of 22 WPV cases were reported worldwide, compared with 48 cases du...
Source: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkl... - May 3, 2013 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Tags: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep Source Type: research

Haemophilus influenzae Type b in an Immunocompetent, Fully Vaccinated ALL Survivor
A 7-year-old boy with a history of recurrent acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), in remission, presented to primary care clinic after 2 days of progressive right hip pain with weight-bearing activities. He was otherwise asymptomatic at the time of presentation. Blood cultures revealed Gram-negative diplococci, which prompted an MRI that was significant for a hip joint effusion and femoral head bone marrow edema. The patient had no sick contacts and no significant past medical history other than ALL. The patient had been given all recommended childhood vaccinations. Arthrocentesis and needle biopsy of the femoral neck were ...
Source: PEDIATRICS - May 1, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Nevin, J., Kanter Washko, J., Arnold, J. Tags: Case Report Source Type: research

South Africa: Gauteng Health Embarks On Polio and Measles Campaign
[SA Govt]This morning, more than 100 children under the age of five received their first dose of polio drops and measles vaccine at Thusanang Daycare Centre in Muldersdrift, West Rand. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - April 30, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Nigeria: Polio Eradication - What Progress So Far?
[Daily Trust]Jos -The 3rd African Vaccination Week (AVW), organized by the African Region of World Health Organization (WHO) April 22 to 28, 2013, came under the theme, 'Save Lives. Prevent disabilities. Vaccinate', and accomplished heightened continent-wide awareness of the place of routine immunization against vaccine-preventable diseases. All 46 member-states of WHO in the African region participated in efforts to strengthen immunization programmes around the continent against diphtheria, haemophilus influenzae serotype (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - April 30, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Nigeria: Tomori Tasks President Jonathan On Polio Eradication
[Vanguard]As Nigeria battles rejection of polio vaccination in the North, renowned Virologist, Professor Oyewale Tomori has alleged that Nigerian leaders are yet to show enough commitment needed to attain the global eradication deadline by 2018. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - April 30, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Nigeria: Sultan Urges Parents to Embrace Immunisation Against Polio
[Vanguard]Sokoto -The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa'ad Abubakar 111, has appealed to parents in the North to allow their children to be immunised with the polio vaccine. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - April 30, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Nigeria: Polio Vaccine Is Safe, Sultan Reassures
[Premium Times]The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa'ad Abubakar, has appealed to parents to allow their children be immunised with the polio vaccine, saying it is safe to be vaccinated. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - April 29, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Nigeria: Misrepresentation of My Position in Polio Controversy (II)
[Daily Trust]To reinforce his argument, Aliyu reported yet another OPV test by the trio of "Professor Emeritus Umaru Shehu, foremost public health consultant who was the first chairman of the National Programme on Immunization (NPI), Professor Herbert Coker, a pharmaceutical scientist and chemist from the University of Lagos and Dr Rafindadi led the federal government delegation to South Africa in November 2003 with 96 samples of the Oral Polio Vaccines (OPV)"; and these eminent personalities had discovered the samples (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - April 29, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Africa: UN-Backed Global Vaccine Summit Aims to Boost Efforts to Eliminate Polio
[UN News]Polio eradication efforts are the focus of the United Nations-backed Global Vaccine Summit which also aims to protect millions of children from diseases like measles and tetanus through inoculations. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - April 26, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

South Sudan: South Sudan Prioritizes Immunization, Keeps Polio At Bay
[IRIN]Juba -Through frequent door-to-door polio immunization campaigns, South Sudan has vaccinated more than 94 percent of children under age five against the disease, according to the Ministry of Health. The immunization effort has been one of the country's few health success stories since it achieved independence a year and a half ago. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - April 26, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Africa: Global Leaders Support New Six-Year Plan to Deliver a Polio-Free World by 2018
[Unicef]Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates -Pledges announced will enable more than 2.7 billion children to be vaccinated (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - April 26, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

New USD 5.5 Billion Plan Aims to Rid World of Polio by 2018New USD 5.5 Billion Plan Aims to Rid World of Polio by 2018
Health groups said could rid the world of polio by 2018 with a $5.5 billion vaccination and monitoring plan to stop the disease taking hold once more now there are only a handful of cases worldwide. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 25, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news

FDA Contributing to Fight Against Polio
This is World Immunization Week and FDA is working global partners to make safe and effective vaccines available all over the world. In particular, FDA has joined the fight to ride the world of polio, which still exists in some parts of the world. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)
Source: FDA Consumer Updates - April 25, 2013 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news

New $5.5 billion plan aims to rid world of polio by 2018
LONDON (Reuters) - Health groups said on Thursday they could rid the world of polio by 2018 with a $5.5 billion vaccination and monitoring plan to stop the disease taking hold once more now there are only a handful of cases worldwide. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 25, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Global leaders support new six-year plan to deliver a polio-free world by 2018
25 April 2013 – Today, at the Global Vaccine Summit, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) presented a comprehensive six-year plan, the first plan to eradicate all types of polio disease – both wild poliovirus and vaccine-derived cases – simultaneously. Global leaders and individual philanthropists signaled their confidence in the plan by pledging close to three-quarters of the plan’s projected US$ 5.5 billion cost over six years. (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - April 25, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

UN-backed Global Vaccine Summit aims to boost efforts to eliminate polio and other diseases
Polio eradication efforts are the focus of the United Nations-backed Global Vaccine Summit which also aims to protect millions of children from diseases like measles and tetanus through inoculations. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)
Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security - April 25, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Nigeria: Seizing the Chance to Make Polio History
[This Day]The battle against polio is an extraordinary example of what can be achieved when we work together. This terrible disease, as my generation knows well,once cast a shadow over childhood across the world. Before the development of an effective vaccine nearly 60 years ago, it paralyzed and killed up to half a million people every year. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - April 24, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

A Polio-Free U.S. Thanks to Vaccine Efforts
(Source: eMedicineHealth.com)
Source: eMedicineHealth.com - April 24, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news

Polio-Free U.S. Thanks to Vaccine Efforts
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Related MedlinePlus Pages: Polio and Post-Polio Syndrome, Traveler's Health (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - April 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Gulf backing sought for polio eradication
Abu Dhabi officials join European, African and Asian politicians at a global summit as they seek to find a further $2.5bn to fund intensified vaccination (Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare)
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - April 22, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Prevalence of Human Enteric Viruses and a Potential Indicator of Contamination in Shellfish in China
The objectives of this study were to quantify enteric viruses in shellfish along the Chinese coast and find an indicator of viral contamination in shellfish. One hundred sixty‐two samples were collected in August from 10 cities. Hepatitis A virus (HAV), norovirus (NV), rotavirus (RV), poliovirus (PV), astrovirus (AsV) and adenovirus (AdV) were detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and confirmed by sequencing. The percentage of positive samples for each virus was as follows: HAV 5%, NV 12%, RV 7%, PV 15%, AsV 6% and AdV 9%. The six species of shellfish were contaminated with different viruses. PV showed a significan...
Source: Journal of Food Safety - April 22, 2013 Category: Food Science Authors: H. Xia Ming, J. Feng Fan, L. Jun Wu, Y. Bo Liang Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Hilary Koprowski, Developed Live-Virus Polio Vaccine, Dies at 96
A pioneering researcher who also helped develop a vaccine for rabies, Dr. Koprowski never won much recognition for his polio breakthrough, since it was not widely used in the United States. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 20, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By MARGALIT FOX Tags: Viruses Poliomyelitis Deaths (Obituaries) Koprowski, Hilary Rabies Vaccination and Immunization Source Type: news

Nigeria: Misrepresentation of My Position in Polio Controversy (I)
[Daily Trust]As a responsible citizen, a Pharmaceutical Chemist, trained in one of the most reputable universities in Nigeria, I wish to make my position categorically clear following attempts in high and low places to ridicule my painstakingly cultivated reputation, based on simple routine chemical analysis, findings and recommendations I made following the raging controversies on polio vaccines in Nigeria. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - April 20, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

[Correspondence] Polio eradication: getting the basics right
Your Jan 5 Editorial (p 1) argues for bringing polio eradication back on track in Pakistan through ensuring security for immunisation workers, going beyond the “polio only” agenda, and integration of polio vaccination into routine health and immunisation programmes. This viewpoint and other analyses have rightly highlighted the worsening security conditions and increasing inaccessibility to vaccination in Pakistan as the root cause of failure in polio eradication. Recent efforts by WHO also focused on significantly boosting the number of polio eradication officers at national, provincial, and district levels. (Source: LANCET)
Source: LANCET - April 20, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Asmat Ullah Malik, Peter Stewart Hill, Anar Ulikpan, Saima Hamid Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research

Epidemiological Endgame: Is Polio on the Brink of Eradication?
Despite the pointless political assassinations of vaccine workers or the police officers who guard them in a few deeply troubled areas, enough progress has been made against polio in the past year that health experts are now planning for the grand finale--its complete eradication by 2018. The official to-do list of what needs to be done and when to obliterate the crippling childhood disease--which goes by the name Polio Eradication and Endgame Strategic Plan 2013–2018 ( pdf )--will be formally presented at an international health meeting in Abu Dhabi on April 25. [More] (Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed)
Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed - April 18, 2013 Category: Science Tags: Health,Infectious Diseases Source Type: research

Nigeria: Polio - Mark Blames Northern Politicians for Vaccine Rejection
[Daily Trust]Senate President David Mark yesterday blamed politicians for the rejection of polio and measles vaccination in some parts of northern Nigeria. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - April 18, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Africa: Make Polio History - Experts Unite for Declaration
[ThinkAfricaPress]Hundreds of scientists, doctors and other experts from around the world launched the Scientific Declaration on Polio Eradication last week, declaring that an end to the paralysing disease is achievable, and endorsing a comprehensive new strategy to secure a lasting polio-free world by 2018. The declaration's launch coincides with the 58th anniversary of the announcement of Jonas Salk's revolutionary vaccine. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - April 17, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Nigeria: Nigerian Scientists Lead Global Declaration On Ending Polio
[Leadership]Hundreds of scientists, doctors and other experts from around the world last week launched the Scientific Declaration on Polio Eradication, thus, declaring that an end to the paralyzing disease is achievable thus endorsing a comprehensive new strategy to secure a lasting polio-free world by 2018. The declaration's launch coincides with the 58th anniversary of the announcement of Jonas Salk's revolutionary vaccine. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - April 17, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Angola: More Than 75.000 Children Vaccinated Against Polio
[ANGOP]Menongue -Some 75. 159 children, under the age of five, were immunised against poliomyelitis in Menongue municipality, south-eastern Kuando Kubango province, during the vaccination campaign held over the last weekend. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - April 17, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Age-appropriate vaccination against measles and DPT-3 in India - closing the gaps
Conclusions: Age-inappropriate vaccination impacts adversely on the effectiveness of India's measles immunisation program due to sub-optimal seroconversion, if premature, and increased vulnerability to vaccine preventable diseases, if delayed. Capacity building approaches to improve age-appropriate vaccination are discussed. (Source: BMC Public Health - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Public Health - Latest articles - April 17, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Niyi AwofesoAnu RammohanKazi Iqbal Source Type: research

Angola: Over 40.000 Children Immunised Against Polio in Lucapa
[ANGOP]Lucapa -At least 41. 316 children in Lucapa municipality, eastern Lunda Norte province, were vaccinated against poliomyelitis in the campaign that took place on 12-14 April. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - April 16, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Nigeria: Safety of Polio Vaccine - Bauchi Village Head Immunised
[This Day]Bauchi -The administration of polio vaccine on the village head of Kangere in Bauchi Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Alhaji Abdullahi Baba Ahmed, at the weekend, was the highlight of the polio immunisation plus monthly exercise in the state. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - April 16, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Nigeria: Polio Vaccine Developer Koprowski Is Dead
[Vanguard]A pioneering scientist who developed a polio vaccine used for two years before Jonas Salk's injectable version has died. Dr. Hilary Koprowski was 96. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - April 16, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Angola: Governor Calls For High Turnout In Polio Vaccination Campaign
[ANGOP]Sumbe -At least 431,497 children under five years of age will be immunized against polio today, Friday to Saturday in Kwanza Sul province, with the governor Eusébio Teixeira appealing for a high turnout in the vaccination. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - April 14, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news