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An Indian medical volunteer administers polio immunization drops to a child at a railway station in Allahabad, India, Monday, Jan. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
India breaks free of polio in boost to global immunization drive
New Delhi, Reuters—India on Monday marked three years since its last reported case of polio, paving the way for the country to be declared free of the crippling virus, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said. The country’s last case of the wild polio virus was...Caption:
File photo—A health worker administers a polio vaccination to a child in Damascus on November 20, 2013. (REUTERS/Khaled Al-Hariri)
Syria polio cases spread to Damascus and Aleppo—WHO
Beirut, Reuters—The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that additional polio cases had been confirmed in two new areas of Syria, including near Damascus and in the northern city of Aleppo near Turkey. “In addition to 15 polio cases in Deir Al Zour...Syria, neighbours to vaccinate 20 million children against polio
Geneva/London, Reuters—More than 20 million children are to be vaccinated in Syria and neighboring countries against polio to try to stop the spread of the crippling infectious disease following its re-emergence there after 14 years, United Nations agencies said on...Caption:
In this October 20, 2013, file photo released by UNICEF, a Syrian student receives a vaccination as part of a UNICEF-supported vaccination campaign at a school in Damascus, Syria. (AP Photo/UNICEF, Omar Sanadiki, File)