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A polio survivor, known as “Polio Paul”, has died after living for more than 70 years with the help of an iron lung. Paul Alexander earned his nickname “the man in the iron lung” after being left paralysed by polio when he
Zimbabwe began an emergency campaign Tuesday to inoculate over 4 million children with the polio vaccine. The sudden push follows three cases having been reported, including one that paralyzed a 10-year-old girl last month. Harare aims to disperse over 10 million doses
An independent evaluation has indicated that the global campaign to eliminate polio is likely to fall short of achieving two critical goals in the ongoing battle against the disease this year. The GPEI has concurred with this assessment, citing persistent security concerns
Gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on Pakistani police escorting a team of polio workers on Tuesday during a door-to-door vaccination campaign in the southwest, killing two police officers before fleeing, police said. The polio workers were unharmed in the attack on the
Gunmen killed one soldier and wounded another Wednesday when they opened fire on security forces escorting a team of polio workers during a door-to-door inoculation campaign in a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold near the Afghan border, police said. No one immediately claimed
More than 33 million children in several southern African countries have been vaccinated against polio, part of ongoing efforts to eradicate the infectious paralytic disease that has been largely contained in much of the world, the World Health Organization announced on Friday.