With one final push, we can silence polio forever

Plymouth Herald
Courtney's final push for Tanzania trip fund
Plymouth Herald
A GCSE student has raised most of the funds needed for a volunteer trip but needs help in her final push. Courtney Osborne, 15, will travel to Tanzania as part of Camps International for a month in July to work as a volunteer. The student, who goes to ...

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

Good morning. Thank you, John, for that kind introduction. Thank all of you for coming, or watching on the Webcast. And thank you to CSIS for hosting us at your beautiful building. Before I begin, I want to pause to remember the 147 students at Garissa University College in Kenya who were senselessly murdered just a few days ago. Schools are sacred grounds, and all who study there should be safe. Let us reflect for a moment.

Just 15 years into the new millennium, economic development in...

Why is polio a public emergency?

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

I really can’t tell the exact moment she stopped talking to me. We haven’t talked in over week, rather, she hasn’t talked to me in over a week. She hears what I tell her, am certain she hasn’t lost her sense of hearing, but then she chooses not to respond or acknowledge me.

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.

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.

Battle to prevent polio spreading from Somalia