polio eradication

A child receives a polio vaccination during an anti-polio campaign on the outskirts of Jalalabad, Afghanistan

It’s Been a Year Since Africa Was Declared Polio Free – But a Threat Remains

Wayne Howard and Melinda Suchard 27/08/2021

Wild polio is now found in only two countries...

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How Ending Polio in Africa Has Had Positive Spinoffs for Public Health

Charles Shey Wiysonge 10/11/2020

Polio eradication created renewed demand for vaccination services and...

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The Problem With Declaring Africa To Be Free of Wild Polio

Jordan Schermerhorn 30/10/2020

A three-year certification period should not apply where populations...

An infant receiving an oral polio vaccine. Credit: cdcglobal/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Two of Three Wild Poliovirus Strains Eradicated: WHO

Kate Kelland 24/10/2019

The last case of polio type 3 was detected...

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Spike in Polio Cases Raises Questions on Pakistan’s Vaccine Reporting

Jibran Ahmad and James Mackenzie 22/07/2019

The country is one of only three in the...

File photo of a girl receiving polio vaccine drops at a government dispensary in a Karachi slum

Sewage Surveillance is the Next Frontier in the Fight Against Polio

Marisa Eisenberg, Andrew Brouwer and Joseph Eisenberg 24/10/2018

Polio can be circulating through a community long before...

Representation of a helicoid strand of DNA. Credit: rafaelzajczewski/pixabay

Gene Editing Tech Needs Enabling Policies to Be Useful in India

Shambhavi Naik 31/05/2018

All emerging technologies need certain policies to ensure their...