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Polio, Measles Vaccine Shortage Hit Ghana

Nursing mothers in Ghana would have to wait until next week before having their babies vaccinated against Polio and...

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Polio Worker ‘shot Dead In NW Pakistan’

A health worker who had been immunising children against polio was shot dead in Pakistan's northwestern province...

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Polio Paralyses 17 Children In Syria

A polio outbreak in war-ravaged Syria has paralysed at least 17 children since March, the World Health Organization...

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Syria Sees First Polio Cases In Three Years

Three new cases of polio have been recorded in Syria in the first outbreak of the virus in the country since 2014, the...

International

Italy Makes 12 Vaccinations Compulsory For Children

Italy has recorded nearly three times as many measles cases so far this year than for all of 2016 The government in...

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Managing and Protecting Our Leaders

I have been monitoring discussions in the Nigerian media and BBC about the health of the Nigerian leader Gen Buhari and...

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500,000 Die From Polluted Water Yearly

WORLD Health Organisation (WHO) has hinted that contaminated drinking-water is estimated to cause more than 500,000...

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‘500,000 Die From Polluted Water Yearly’

WORLD Health Organisation (WHO) has hinted that contaminated drinking-water is estimated to cause more than 500,000...

International

UN, WHO Plan To Eradicate Polio In Africa

The campaign, one of the largest ever conduct in Africa, will run from march 25-28 The World Health Organization and...

International

Nigeria Reports First Polio Cases Since 2014

The Nigerian government has reported two cases of polio - the country's first in two years. It said two children had...