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Influencers, misinformation and aid cuts: the fight to halt polio in Malawi
A huge vaccination drive has been launched after the country’s first outbreak in years of the paralysing disea…
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Millions of Afghans lose access to healthcare services as USAID cuts shut clinics
Fears of surge in malnutrition, measles, malaria and polio as 206 World Health Organization facilities forced …
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Taliban’s curbs on women add to risk of polio outbreak, health officials warn
Regime suspends polio campaign across Afghanistan over security concerns and women’s role in vaccination drive…
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Global eradication of polio ‘tantalisingly close’ with UK urged to keep up funding
After no reported cases of wild polio for 19 weeks, vaccination efforts boosted at last endemic spots in Pakis…
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Parents in Pakistan could be jailed for polio vaccine refusal
New law in Sindh introduces ‘extraordinary measures’ to ensure vaccination of children against range of infect…
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‘Without a wheelchair my life would be useless’: the woman changing the lives of disabled Pakistanis
Zahida Qureshi, who became disabled after contracting polio, was forced to crawl around her school as a child.…
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Polio outbreak in Pakistan worsens as eighth child reported paralysed
Investigation launched as first cases in a year blamed on vaccine refusal fuelled by clerics and falsification…
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‘It’s scary work, but I’m determined. We will make Pakistan polio-free’
As the virus returns, one frontline worker tells of her daily trials and triumphs in the fight to eradicate it…
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Spectre of polio returns to haunt Pakistan as baby boy is left paralysed
First case in a year sparks fears of new outbreak despite success of national programme to wipe out the diseas…
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Afghanistan to restart polio vaccination programme with Taliban support
The WHO and Unicef campaign will restart after three years, and the hardliners say they will assist and allow …
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Eradicating polio is finally within reach. Why is the UK taking its foot off the pedal? | Anne Wafula Strike
Instead of cutting the aid budget – including 95% from the plan to stamp out the disease – Britain should take…
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Killing of female polio vaccinators puts Afghan eradication campaign at risk
Rise in cases feared as murders halt campaigns and leave many women too afraid to workGul Meena Hotak was on h…
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Taliban denies killing three female Afghan polio workers
Murders of two volunteers and a nurse come one day after relaunch of national vaccination campaignTwo female v…
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The women who risk their lives to deliver Pakistan’s polio vaccines
As activists target female vaccinators, Pakistan remains one of only two countries worldwide not to have eradi…
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The Guardian view on African success: a step closer to conquering polio | Editorial
We are tantalisingly close to eradicating the disease. Things may slip backwards because of science, thugs and…