Global health leaders express concern over polio funding gap
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 – WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY
The global health community signalled strong commitment to polio eradication this week, underlining the financial needs to finish the job.
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World Health Organization, Weekly Epidemiological Record, 15 April 2011. Available at: http://www.who.int/wer/2011/wer8616/en/index.html |
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World Health Organization, Weekly Epidemiological Record, 1 April 2011. |
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- Breaking news: Two cases of wild poliovirus type 3 (WPV3) have been reported from West Africa - one from Mali (in Mopti province) with onset of paralysis on 8 February and the other from Cote d'Ivoire (in Bas Sassandra province), with onset of paralysis on 27 January. This is the first WPV3 in
Côte d'Ivoire since current record-keeping;
Mali's most recent WPV3 was in September 2010. These cases have just been reported and are not yet reflected in the official global data.
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Gabon reports first polio case in 10 years
Gabon has reported its first case of polio in more than ten years, a WPV1 with date of onset 15 January 2011. This serves as a reminder that even polio-free countries are not safe from the virus until the disease is completely eradicated. Genetic sequencing is under way to determine the origin of the virus. |
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