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26/02/2009
Response to polio spread in West Africa
In response to a polio outbreak originating in Nigeria, an eight-country synchronized vaccination campaign in West Africa kicks off on 27 February 2009. Nigeria and seven of its neighbours wi...
25/02/2009
During Rotary's 104th anniversary, floodlight messages across some of the world's most iconic landmarks are lit with the message “End Polio Now”
From Sydney's Opera House to Rome's Coliseum, from Cape Town's Table Mountain to New York's High Falls, Ro...
13/02/2009
Shows final stages of eradication effort
A film depicting the challenges in the final stages of polio eradication has been nominated for an Academy Award in the best documentary short subject category. "The Final Inch" chronicles the challenges health org...
27/12/2008
Police and students band together to build support for polio eradication in Pakistan
All around the world they’re much the same… they’re red and round with big bold lettering.
But in Islamabad, Pakistan, drivers may have cause to pause and look again....
25/03/2008
10000 health workers stop polio in one of most dangerous places on earth
Polio immunization of a nomadic child. Frequent population movements across Somalia meant that children of nomadic populations were at particular risk of polio.
25 March 2008,...
23/02/2008
Message on British Houses of Parliament to celebrate 103 years of Rotary
A giant Rotary wheel - the organization's logo - and the words "End Polio Now" were beamed onto the side of the House of Commons to the left of Big Ben on Rotary International's...
28/07/2000
Independent polio campaign monitoring is carried out to assess the quality and impact of supplementary immunization activities. It is critical to guiding any necessary mid-course corrections if gaps or problems are found.
The basic elements of monitor...
28/07/2000
VDPVs and their Implications – State of the Art
28/07/2000
This area of research focuses on managing the long-term risks of polio relating to vaccine-derived polioviruses (VDPVs) and vaccine-associated paralytic polio (VAPP) in the post-eradication era. It includes managing the risks through the eventual cessation...
