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Polio eradication this week :

In the first four months of 2012, the lowest number of cases globally over a four-month period has been recorded over the past ten years, with 53 cases from four countries (the bulk of which – 95% – from the three remaining endemic countries). Only three cases have occurred from a non-endemic country (all from Chad, and none since February). At this time last year, 12 countries had reported 145 cases. More than 50% of this year’s cases are from Nigeria, which now constitutes the global epicenter of polio transmission.
The next Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) meeting will be held in London, United Kingdom, next week, to review the latest status of the global polio eradication effort. As usual, the IMB’s report is anticipated to be finalized within two weeks of the meeting.

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<P align=justify><EM>Before dawn on the first day of the National Immunization Days in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Vaccinator Antoine Ngusu Hely is fully awake despite the early hour. </EM></P>

Before dawn on the first day of the National Immunization Days in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Vaccinator Antoine Ngusu Hely is fully awake despite the early hour.

At the health center of Kitutu, a storage site in the health zone of Nyemba in Kalemie, he tells us: "Yesterday evening I programmed the alarm on my phone for 4 AM to make sure that I will be on time at the storage site to gather all my vaccination equipment.

He maintains his dynamic throughout the day. In the evening he has a big smile and expresses his satisfaction. "I didn’t meet any family that refused the vaccination... Full story

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