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11/12/2012
Indian surgeons perform corrective surgeries for 400 children with polio
10/12/2012
Managing risks of cVDPVs as part of eradication efforts
27/09/2012
New and Existing Donors Underscore Once-in-a-Generation Opportunity to End Polio Forever
03/09/2012
With the largest audience the Games have ever garnered, polio-affected athletes have joined the fight to end the disease which paralyzed them.
28/08/2012
Religion – and religious leaders – transform community perceptions in the high-risk areas of Pakistan
17/08/2012
Polio case in a melon-growing family reveals the challenges to polio eradication
02/07/2012
300% increase in staff to support eradication effort in worst-performing areas
04/06/2012
Reaffirms Japan’s commitment to polio eradication
TOKYO, Japan (June 4, 2012) – Rotary International President-elect Sakuji Tanaka heard reassuring words from Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda regarding Japan’s continued support of polio eradication,...
30/05/2012
Senior Somali government officials launch polio campaign
Mogadishu, Somalia , 27 May 2013 – Mothers and children lined up patiently here today for polio vaccination, under a high sun and intense heat. Their vaccinator was the Prime Minister himself,...
24/05/2012
New cases at lowest levels ever, but funding gap threatens progress
Geneva, Switzerland 24 May 2012– Despite the dramatic drop in polio cases in the last year, the threat of continued transmission due to funding and immunization gaps has driven the Gl...
17/05/2012
Wild viruses and wildfires have two things in common. If neglected, they can spread out of control. If handled properly, they can be stamped out for good. Today, the flame of polio is near extinction — but sparks in three countries threaten to ignite a glo...
30/04/2012
Rotary International recognises some of polio eradication’s biggest names
30 April 2012 - Under normal circumstances, the president of an African country and a Bollywood megastar wouldn’t have much in common. But Nigeria’s President Goodluck J...
