Polio Eradication
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Polio Day 2024: 5 benefits of polio vaccine for every child
Health | Mar 03, 2024, 07:13 AM ISTCelebrate Polio Day 2024 by learning about the 5 key benefits of the polio vaccine for safeguarding every child's health and future. Join the global effort to eradicate this debilitating disease once and for all.
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Polio virus found in United Kingdom sewage samples; risk to public low
World | Jun 23, 2022, 12:28 PM ISTAuthorities stressed that the risk to the public overall is “extremely low.” They added that the virus has been detected only in sewage samples, and no cases of paralysis have been reported.
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India offers Pakistan 'full cooperation' for polio eradication
India | Oct 24, 2014, 09:42 PM ISTNew Delhi: India today offered Pakistan "full cooperation" for eradicating polio from its soil and said it is a "cause for concern" for it that the neighboring country accounts for 85 per cent of the
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Satisfied at polio-free India, but can't be complacent: Harsh Vardhan
India | Jul 28, 2014, 11:21 AM ISTNew Delhi: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan says that he is happy about India being polio-free for three years and receiving WHO certification, but warned against becoming complacent and neglecting steps to save the country
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Bill Gates Praises India For Polio Eradication
World | Jan 26, 2012, 01:31 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jan 26: Bill Gates, co-chair of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has praised India for managing to eradicate polio despite all odds. “In 2012, we need to keep India and all the other