Unrelated cases of polio in South Sudan and Madagascar have been confirmed by the World Health Organization, which is blaming low vaccination coverage. The UN health agency said two cases of so-called type two vaccine-derived poliovirus had been confirmed in South Sudan in camps for people displaced by the country's civil war. The crippling disease, which usually impacts young children, had been found in two patients in Unity State hit with acute flaccid ...Saturday 15 November 2014
WHO Confirms Polio Cases in South Sudan and Madagascar
Unrelated cases of polio in South Sudan and Madagascar have been confirmed by the World Health Organization, which is blaming low vaccination coverage. The UN health agency said two cases of so-called type two vaccine-derived poliovirus had been confirmed in South Sudan in camps for people displaced by the country's civil war. The crippling disease, which usually impacts young children, had been found in two patients in Unity State hit with acute flaccid ...
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