polio

An Afghan health worker administers polio drops to a child during a four-day anti-polio vaccination campaign in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 15 March 2023. Photo: EPA
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26 April 2023
UN launches major push for child vaccination amid Covid
Online misinformation is fueling an increasingly influential anti-vaxxer movement in the Philippines (Photo: AFP)
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07 October 2020
Anti-vaxxer misinformation goes viral in the...
Online misinformation is leaching out from cheap mobile phones and free Facebook plans...
Polio is a highly infectious viral disease which has no cure and can only be prevented with several doses of oral and injectable vaccines (AFP/FILE)
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09 December 2019
Polio returns to haunt Malaysia after almost 30...
Malaysia has reported its first polio case in 27 years, health authorities said Sunday,...
Over the past three decades the world has made great strides in the battle against polio, with only 33 cases reported worldwide in 2018 (AFP Photo/NOORULLAH SHIRZADA)
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20 September 2019
Philippines hit by first polio case since 2001
The Philippines has detected its first case of polio since 2001, officials said Thursday...