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At Least Nine Polio Workers Killed in Nigeria

By David Scales
On Friday, Feb. 8, at least nine young women working on a polio vaccination campaign were targeted and killed by gunmen in two separate incidents in Kano, the regional capital of Northern Nigeria....
Nigeria, polio, Pakistan, Taliban, Boko Haram, vaccine, vaccination, eradication
Jan 22, 2013
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Poliovirus Found in Cairo, Egypt

By Anna Tomasulo
According to the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office, wild poliovirus has been detected from two Cairo sewage samples. The strain detected is related to poliovirus type 1, originally found in...
polio, Egypt, Pakistan, vaccine, vaccination
Oct 12, 2012
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Pakistan: Brain-eating Amoeba & Vaccination Against Childhood Pneumonia

By Adham Abdel Mottalib
A rare and fatal brain-eating infection killed 10 people in Karachi, Pakistan this year. This waterborne species of amoeba causes primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a severe infection...
Pakistan, PAM, Naegleria Fowleri, pneumonia, vaccination, child vaccinations
Jul 20, 2012
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Brain-Eating Amoeba Returns to the South

By Katharina Schwan
The by now infamous brain-eating amoeba caused its first U.S. fatality of 2012 in an 8-year-old South Carolina boy. Blake Driggers from Sumter County was infected after tubing at a freshwater...
Naegleria Fowleri, South Carolina, Pakistan, climate change
Jun 14, 2012
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Polio: Outbreaks and Emergency Plans

By Robyn Correll Carlyle
  Yet another case of type-1 poliovirus has surfaced in Pakistan’s Khyber Agency, the only tribal district in Asia where both type-1 and type-3 polioviruses are still prevalent. The National...
polio, wild polio virus, Nigeria, Pakistan, Global Polio Eradication Initiative
Mar 2, 2012
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Number of Dengue Cases in Pakistan Demands Rapid Response from Government

By Gilan Megeed
  Earlier this week, 73 unconfirmed cases of dengue were reported in Punjab, Pakistan causing increased concern over the spread of the virus. According to the Pakistani Ministry of Health, 53...
Dengue, Pakistan
Sep 16, 2011
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Dengue Plagues Pakistan’s Most Populous Province

By Glory Song
  More than 5,000 dengue cases and 17 deaths have been reported in Pakistan, with 4,400 of those cases and 12 of the deaths occurring in Punjab province where just over half of the country’s...
Dengue, Pakistan, flood, mosquitoes
Jul 13, 2011
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Type-3 Polio Detected in Pakistan

By healthmap
Lab testing confirmed a child in Pakistan’s Khyber Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Area was infected with wild poliovirus type 3 (WPV3). This discovery has important implications for polio...
polio, Pakistan, Khyber
Jul 1, 2011
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The Polio Crisis in Pakistan

By healthmap
Yesterday, another polio case was discovered in Pakistan’s Khuzdar district, bringing this year’s total to at least 57 for the country. Although Pakistan is now just one of four countries still...
polio, Pakistan, Khuzdar
Nov 2, 2010
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Polio update

By healthmap
In the past few weeks, polio cases have been reported in several countries. Polio is an extremely contagious viral disease. Although up to 95% of those infected show no signs, roughly 1% suffer...
polio, india, Pakistan, Congo, Uganda
Oct 26, 2010
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Cholera hits Haiti, Pakistan, and West Africa

By healthmap
Haiti Wednesday evening (20 October 2010), English and French media reported a surge in deaths and hospitalization from diarrhea in rural Haiti. The next day officials confirmed an outbreak of...
cholera, Haiti, Pakistan, West Africa