Why is polio a public emergency?

The World Health Organization declares the recent spread of polio an international public health emergency.

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

East African Community Secretariat, Arusha, Tanzania, 13 July 2015: The East African Community (EAC) has deployed Emergency Regional Medical and Public Health Support Teams to the Refugee Camps hosting refugees from Burundi in Kigoma Region in Tanzania and at the Mahama Main Refugee Camp and the surrounding local host communities in Kirehe and Bugesera Districts in the Eastern Province of Rwanda.
The deployment has brought together over one hundred (100) medical specialist doctors and other...

Why it is not yet time to celebrate Africa being polio-free

Visa 10 vya maradhi ya polio vimethibitishwa nchini Pakistan na kuzua hofu ugonjwa utaenea

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.

The World Health Organization is set to remove Nigeria from the list of polio endemic countries, a 'milestone' on the path to eradicating the paralysing viral infection.

Battle to prevent polio spreading from Somalia

Wazazi nchini Pakistani wanashikiliwa na Polisi kwa kukaidi kupeleka Watoto kwenye chanjo