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Children in school uniforms after a group vaccination.

Reasons to be optimistic about ending polio

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Thirty years ago, there were over 350,000 cases of wild polio virus each year. In 2014, there were just 359 and so far this year, only 51. That’s a 99.9 percent decrease, a truly remarkable accomplishment. Earlier this year, Nigeria – which in 2012 recorded 122 cases of paralysis and was considered one of the most difficult… Read more →←
A woman volunteer takes the stand at a mosque in Aleppo to teach gathered women on the importance of polio vaccinations and their safety.

Syrian women risk their lives to protect children from polio

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More than 200 Syrian women risk their lives every day to save the lives of children by teaching fellow mothers about the importance of polio vaccinations in the most hard-to-reach areas, including in Dar’a in the far south of Syria, and Aleppo in the northern part of the war-torn country. UNICEF works with local partners to train these… Read more →←
A girl in Somalia displays her ink-marked finger, demonstrating that she has been vaccinated against polio.

A great day for Africa: polio nears its end

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Today marks one year since we have had a case of the wild poliovirus anywhere in Africa, the last having been reported from Somalia with a date of onset of 11th August 2014. What an extraordinary achievement and what a powerful symbol of the progress that has been made on the African continent over the past generation. What got us to… Read more →←

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