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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

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 13, 2014 | World

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...

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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

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 26, 2013 | Middle East

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

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 8, 2013 | Middle East

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...

Polio outbreak in northeast Syria risks spreading

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 29, 2013 | Middle East

Geneva, Reuters—Polio has broken out among young children in northeast Syria, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed on Tuesday, and could spread inside and outside of the country, where civil war has led to falling vaccination rates. Polio, a crippling disease...

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File photo— Villagers looking at new mosquito nets donated to try to fight high malaria in their village, Matongo, Zambia, April 23 2008. (EPA/KIM LUDBROOK)

GSK aims to market world’s first malaria vaccine

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 8, 2013 | World

London, Reuters—British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) will seek marketing approval for the world’s first malaria vaccine next year after trial data showed the shot significantly cut cases of the disease in African children. The vaccine known as RTS,S was...