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Poliovirus found in sewage in three European countries. What now?
Health authorities say European countries should ramp up their immunisation and disease surveillance efforts.
Poland urges polio jabs for kids after finding virus in Warsaw sewage
About 86 per cent of the country's three-year-olds have been vaccinated against polio, shy of the 95 per cent recommended to prevent the spread of the virus.
Polio vaccination campaign finishes in Gaza
The WHO said 94 per cent of children who got their first vaccine also received a second dose.
Over 50 children reportedly killed in Gaza in last 48 hours
Over 50 children reportedly killed in Gaza amid Intensified violence, while the vaccination campaign for polio, recently resumed in northern Gaza, is facing disruptions due to the ongoing conflict.
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Pakistan launches vaccination campaign amid surge in polio cases
Pakistan has recorded 41 polio cases so far this year, and is one of two countries where the disease has never been eradicated.
Polio vaccine campaign in Gaza postponed due to 'escalating violence'
The aim of the vaccine campaign in Gaza was to provide more than half a million kids with second doses of a novel oral vaccine.
Polio initiative calls for €2 billion more funding to eradicate virus
The call for funding is part of a global effort to eradicate polio by 2029.
Second round of emergency Gaza polio vaccination campaign starts
A second round of the polio vaccination campaign in Gaza is beginning to provide second doses to children.
Israeli rocket hits medical convoy in Gaza, killing five crew members
The attack on a US charity-led aid convoy headed to a Gaza hospital came mere hours after another World Food Programme convoy came under repeated Israeli fire.
Israel says polio vaccines sent to Gaza amid calls to pause fighting
A case of polio was reported in an unvaccinated 10-month-old baby in Gaza this month.
UN calls for humanitarian pause in Gaza to allow polio vaccinations
International groups have expressed their concerned after a first case of polio confirmed and others suspected in Gaza.
Health officials in Gaza report first case of polio in 25 years
Antonio Guterres says Gaza is in "humanitarian freefall" and calls for pause in fighting so aid agencies can deliver 1.6 million doses of the nOPV2 polio vaccine to the strip.
Gaza at risk from polio and superbugs, WHO experts warn
Gaza’s lack of clean water and crippled health system are fertile ground for the spread of infections that could become regional or even global threats, health experts said.
Paul Alexander, the 'man in the iron lung,' dies aged 78
After contracting polio aged 6, Alexander went on to spend his entire life paralysed from the neck down and living in a cylinder that encased his body.
‘We’re so close’ to eradicating polio but challenges remain
Poliomyelitis, an untreatable but preventable disease, is only endemic in two countries globally but many believe it could be eradicated.
New €1 billion funding partnership for polio eradication launched
The EU, European Investment Bank (EIB), and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation aim to contribute funding for global polio eradication.