Second phase of giant anti-polio drive begins in Angola
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Angola began the second phase of a public health drive to vaccinate five million children aged under five against polio, a joint statement by the World Health Organisation and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said.
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Madagascar begins a big campaign against malaria and measles in an effort to reduce infant mortality rates.
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Polio eradication efforts get back on track in African nation after hostility to treatment reignited disease.
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The United Nations launched a massive polio immunization campaign across Africa on Friday, aiming to undo the region-wide effects of a vaccine boycott in Nigeria.
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Africa could be on the verge of a major polio outbreak, the World Health Organization warns.
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JOHANNESBURG -- Health workers across west and central Africa began a 23-country polio immunization campaign yesterday to reach more than 80 million children in the next several days. The undertaking is part of an international effort to eradicate the disease by next year.
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As local officials struggled to account for the dead and missing, another challenge began to loom: heading off disease.
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India will launch a "massive" and   "intensive" polio immunization drive in November covering over   100 million young children, officials said on Thursday.
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The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) called on Wednesday for a new drive to stamp out polio, saying it was probably now or never for ridding the world of the paralyzing disease that attacks mainly children.
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The World Health Organization launched a new global effort on Monday to find a vaccine against malaria, which infects up to 500 million people each year, and the donors to pay for it.
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KANO, Nigeria  - Political leaders and health  workers launched a drive Saturday to immunize more than 80  million children against polio in 23 African nations and fight  back against a resurgence of the crippling disease.
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The World Health Organisation said it will redouble efforts to vaccinate Sudanese children against polio following an outbreak of the disease in the war-torn western region of Darfur.
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Health ministers from Africa, where a  Nigerian-centered polio epidemic is raging, vowed on Thursday  to halt the spread of the crippling disease this year.
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A polio epidemic spreading from Nigeria  throughout West and Central Africa has begun to come under  control, but more funds are needed to wipe out the disease in  2005, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.
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Political leaders and health workers launched a drive Saturday to immunize more than 80 million children against polio in 23 African nations and fight back against a resurgence of the crippling disease.
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The Nigerian president leads new efforts  to stamp out polio as part of a big campaign planned for the region.
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A general strike in Nigeria has made it  easier to reach and vaccinate 35 million children in the  country against polio, the World Health Organization (WHO) said  Tuesday.