VIDEO: New global fight against polio

l countries across Africa and paralysed more than 75,000 children for life. The following year, Nelson Mandela launched a new campaign: ‘Kick Polio Out of Africa.’ His hope was that polio would follow the only human disease ever consigned to the history books: smallpox. Today we are one step closer to achieving that goal.

Mwanaume aliyekuwa anawafukuza wahudumu wa afya nyumbani kwake nchini Nigeria, sasa amekuwa muhamasishaji wa chanjo

Until recently there were three countries - Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria - where polio was endemic, now there remain just two.

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JK hails support, says fight must be global
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President Jakaya Kikwete displays vehicle ignition key after receiving it from Director of Germany's Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS), Robert Muir (5th-R), at the handing over of 11 new vehicles at State House grounds in Dar es Salaam yesterday. The FZS ...
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The Global Fight for Tanzania's Elephants
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A lone male elephant stands in the plains of the central Serengeti, September 6. Oscar Lopez for Newsweek. Filed Under: World, Elephants, Tanzania, elephant poaching, poaching. “If trends continue, Tanzania may not have any elephants left. It's going ...

A United Nations summit of rich and poor countries agrees to overhaul global finance for international development and unlock money to end extreme poverty.

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The former head of the UN's mission in Sudan, Mukesh Kapila, says the ICC's efforts to bring President Omar al-Bashir to court must continue.

The head of Liberia's Ebola response team says that the country is working towards reducing the number of cases to zero.