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Ayuba Gufwan’s

From neglect to inspiration: Ayuba Gufwan’s story

Ayuba Gufwan, 46, spent his childhood crawling on his hands and knees…
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Une vaccinatrice donnant le vaccin oral polio bivalent à un enfant - dans la zone de santé de Kasa-vubu, à Kinshasa. OMS/Eugene Kabambi

Pour lutter contre la résurgence des cas de polio dérivée d'une souche vaccinale (PVDVc2), la RDC a lancé les Journées nationales de vaccination visant 19,466, 557 millions d'enfants de 0 à 59 mois. Une campagne couplée à celle de la rougeole.

KINSHASA, 18 AVRIL 2019. En ce mois d’avril 2019, le Ministère de la…
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Vacinação contra Pólio

Father vaccinates community after daughter paralyzed by polio in Mozambique

Molumbo, 28 March 2019 - After his six year-old daughter Jemita was…
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Immunization experts agree on ways to reach more children with life-saving vaccines

Asmara, 21 March 2019 - Immunization experts from East and Southern…
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World Polio Day partial participants

Joint Statement on World Polio Day: WHO, UNICEF and Rotary International reaffirm their commitments to stop off polio in the Horn of Africa.

24 October 2018, Addis Ababa: As the world commemorates World Polio…
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Members of the public at the Garissa venue for Horn of Africa polio launch

Horn of Africa countries in a communique to speed up polio eradication

The global polio eradication initiative got new impetus recently as…
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WHO staff administers Polio Vaccine during the OPV campaign in Uganda

No Vaccine Derived Polio Outbreak in Uganda

Kampala 27 July 2018:- In response to allegations made in the UN…
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WHO Colleague vaccinating a child during the launching of mOPV2 vaccination

Ethiopia launches the 1st round synchronized mOPV2 campaign

Addis Ababa July 09th, 2018: The launching ceremony of the first…
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A cross section of officials, health workers and community members at the launch of the IP vaccine in Freetown

Sierra Leone maximizes protection against polio with new vaccine launch

FREETOWN, February 23 2018 --- Today Sierra Leone officially…
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A child being vaccinated against polio in Freetown on day one of the four days campaign

Nationwide house-house polio supplementary immunization campaign starts in Sierra Leone

Today Sierra Leone starts a four day nationwide house-house…
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