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A Polio Survivor Turns His Disability into a Powerful Plea for Vaccination

CREDIT - UNICEF, DRC.  Rajabu Vampise deftly manoeuvres his wheelchair through the backstreets of Kindu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as...

POLIO ERADICATION: Kenya and Uganda cross-border polio vaccination reaches 6.5 million children

Health authorities in Uganda, Kenya and counterparts from the World Health Organization-WHO have confirmed that between October 3 and 6, 2024, more than 6.5...

ANTI-POLIO GAINS IN PAKISTAN & AFGHANISTAN: WHO Points to Risks

FIGHTING POLIO. Only 12 children around the world have been paralyzed by wild poliovirus so far this year, all of them in Pakistan and...