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Going and Listening to India

Melinda and I will visit India later this month. I’ve been there many times over the years, but I’m especially excited about this trip. For one thing, India has...

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Helping Children, Despite Death Threats: A Vaccinator Explains

When my translator and I arrive in a crowded, dusty neighborhood in Karachi, Fatima Noor is waiting in a full black burqa. But she pretends not to see us. She turns down th...

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Polio eradication by vaccination: good news and bad

A clinical trial gives hope that the right vaccination scheme could eradicate polio worldwide by 2018. Another study, though, warns that mutated viruses could jeopardize th...

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Using Muslim Clerics to Increase Polio Vaccination in Nigeria

A coalition campaign involving imams, Islamic school teachers, traditional rulers, doctors, journalists, and polio survivors is gradually turning the tide against polio vac...

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Whooping cough vaccine safe for pregnant women

Pregnant women in their third trimester can safely receive the whooping cough vaccine to prevent infections in newborns, a recent study from the UK suggests. Whooping cough...

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Bollywood

Open to join polio campaign for Pak children: Amitabh Bachchan

Having helped India eradicate polio, actor and UNICEF’s Goodwill Ambassador Amitabh Bachchan today said he was open to a similar eradication campaign for the well-bei...

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Combining vaccines may help eradicate polio

Combining two types of polio vaccine, including one that is injected rather than given orally, appears to give better immunity and could speed efforts to eradicate the crip...

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India to provide four free vaccines, including rotavirus

India will provide four new vaccines free of cost as part of a programme to reduce child mortality, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said. They include one for rotavirus, w...

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Bollywood

Big B sponsors 2 women athletes for CWG, World Championship & Asian Games ’14

Global cinema icon and champion of various social causes, Amitabh Bachchan has often sparked laudatory initiatives towards the betterment of society, such as Polio Eradicat...

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Mosquito-borne virus shows polio-like symptoms

Two months after the country earned its polio-free tag, a mosquito has emerged as a fresh concern. Mosquito-borne West Nile virus has been found to be causing acute flaccid...

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