Initiative pour un monde exempt de poliomyélite
Considering Primary Immune Deficiency in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Attendants of the Regional Meeting on Poliovirus Surveillance among Primary Immunodeficiency Patients in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 28 – 30 October 2019, Amman, Jordan. ©WHO/EMRO 20 February 2020 – In line with the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) recommendation and the Global Strategic Surveillance Action Plan 2018-2020, WHO...
Mitigating the threat of poliovirus importation to Sudan
A mobile vaccination team provides polio vaccinations to nomadic communities during the accelerated immunization campaign in October 2019 in Rehaid locality, on the border of Sudan and CAR. ©WHO/Sudan 12 December 2019 -- The World Health Organization and national health authorities in Sudan are scaling up efforts to reduce the risk of poliovirus...
Tracking the poliovirus in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Majra Bibi gives polio drops to 10-day-old Bilal Khan at a health unit in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The polio programme works to vaccinate every child and detect the poliovirus wherever it remains. ©WHO/Asad Zaidi 12 November 2019 -- In a rapidly expanding megacity, amongst conflict or in mountainous border areas, how does the polio...
Out-running polio: an ultra-marathon runner’s dedication
Ala Baydoun dedicates her ultra-marathon run in Jordan to raise awareness in the final fight against polio Ala Baydoun runs through the Jordanian desert in the Rum International Marathon. Ala dedicated her run to raise awareness for polio eradication. Photo: Ali Barqawi22 January 2018 – It’s just after 6am on a Friday morning in Petra, one of...
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Innovations in reverse cold-chain building resilience for disease surveillance in Sudan
A new approach is helping to improve Sudan’s ability to identify the poliovirus and remain polio-free, despite challenges Innovative approaches are improving the reverse cold chain in Sudan, the process by which stool samples from potential polio cases are transported carefully to a laboratory. WHO. 16 November 2017 – It starts with a sick child,...
La frontière ultime à l'éradication de la poliomyélite
En cette Semaine mondiale de la vaccination, le but mondial de l’éradication de la poliomyélite est plus proche que jamais, même si davantage d’efforts doivent encore être déployés pour un monde exempt de la maladie. Pour un monde exempt de poliomyélite, chaque enfant vivant dans les derniers réservoirs de la maladie (Pakistan et Afghanistan)...
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