A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child at a railway station in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, Sept 18, 2023.

Source: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/oct/1/pakistan-officials-consider-new-way-to-boost-polio/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS

Because of my polio, I barely had any expectations from life, I used to be depressed,” says Tasnim.

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Circulating poliovirus type 2 is the most prevalent form of polio in Africa and outbreaks of this type of poliovirus are the highest reported in the region, with more than 400 cases reported in 14 countries in 2022.

Source: https://www.africanews.it/english/burundi-declares-outbreak-of-circulating-poliovirus-type-2/

CLAIM: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention admitted that 98 million Americans were given a “cancer virus” through the polio vaccine.

Source: https://rapidcityjournal.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/not-real-news-a-look-at-what-didnt-happen-this-week/article_47fb43bd-b21d-5908-96aa-08050e9a8c1e.html

Conversations are in turns hushed and high-pitched, in tune with the characters’ paranoia as polio spreads from child to child.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/26/theater/nemesis-review-a-philip-roth-adaptation-resonates.html

Earlier, the prime minister also gave away certificates to the best-performing polio workers.

Source: https://thefrontierpost.com/pm-kicks-off-three-day-nationwide-anti-polio-campaign/

“Even a single case of paralysis from polio would be a tragedy as it is completely preventable.

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Everyone is at risk of polio though children under the age of 15 are more at risk.

Source: https://malawi24.com/2023/07/08/ministry-of-health-to-roll-out-supplementary-polio-immunization-next-week/

From a measles outbreak in Ohio to the detection of polio in New York City, “we’re starting to see diseases come back that we had virtually eliminated,” she added.

Source: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/23616738/hpv-vaccine-cervical-cancer-hesitancy-covid-pandemic

Gordon McInally, president of Rotary International, said: "October 24 is when Rotary and its supporters around the world mark the progress made to eradicate polio and reaffirm Rotary's global commitment made all the way back in 1985.

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Government has urged faith leaders to leverage their networks in promoting awareness and encouraging parents and caregivers to participate in the second-round of the mass polio vaccination campaign.

Source: https://mwnation.com/govt-engages-faith-leaders-in-polio-fight/

He had polio as a three-month old baby.

Source: https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/art/braille-puzzles-to-tactile-paintings-this-chennai-art-exhibition-has-an-inclusive-display/article66686977.ece

In addition to flulike symptoms, polio was known to cause muscle stiffness and paralysis.

Source: https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/what-is-an-iron-lung-and-how-does-it-work

In short, he was a pioneer in universal design, a term coined in the late 1970s by Ronald L. Mace, an architect who had used a wheelchair since contracting polio as a child.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/29/realestate/marc-harrison-universal-design-home-restoration.html

Israel has reported three new cases of children infected with polio, the Ministry of Health said in a statement.

Source: https://www.canindia.com/israel-detects-3-new-polio-cases/

It aimed to interrupt the transmission of poliovirus by vaccinating every eligible child in the locality with two doses of the oral polio vaccine.

Source: https://www.africanews.it/english/in-nigeria-stakeholders-are-not-lowering-their-guards-against-all-forms-of-poliovirus/

Lennox said she was inspired to get involved with End Polio Now because they are so close to eradicating polio that she wanted to do what she could to help secure that victory.

Source: https://www.theweekender.com/entertainment/38582/annie-lennox-plans-to-fundraise-and-entertain-at-rotary-event-in-italy-she-does-not-plan-to-retire

MINISTER of Health Sylvia Masebo has announced that Zambia has recorded a confirmed isolate case of polio virus from sewer samples taken from Mindolo Sewer treatment pond in Kitwe.

Source: https://www.mwebantu.com/minister-of-health-takes-a-swipe-at-nurses/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=minister-of-health-takes-a-swipe-at-nurses

Our goals are to permanently eradicate the wild polio virus, and to stop transmission of vaccine transmitted folio.

Source: https://blueprint.ng/rotary-district-9142-takes-campaign-to-anambra-targets-4-8bn-for-polio-eradication/

“Reaching un- or under-vaccinated children in the most remote and hardest-to-reach areas is essential for finishing the job of polio eradication,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General.

Source: https://thenationonlineng.net/polio-inside-the-1-1b-euros-plan-to-save-370m-kids/