Polio returned to Tajikistan in the past year

Polio returned to Tajikistan in the past year

No new Wild Polio cases reported this week! What is that Polio Picture? Polio returned to Tajikistan in the past year, with the first case of an outbreak of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) detected in a child who developed...

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Polio vaccinations continue in Afghanistan

Polio vaccinations continue in Afghanistan

Two new Wild Polio cases reported this week! I'm sorry to report that after more than ten months, Afghanistan has confirmed two new Wild Polio Type 1 cases.  The two affected children are ages 10 months (female) and 25 months (male)  and had an...

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Novel Oral Polio Vaccine Moves to Next Phase

Novel Oral Polio Vaccine Moves to Next Phase

No new Wild Polio cases reported this week! What is that Polio Picture?Novel Oral Polio Vaccine Moves to Next Phase - On 11 October, the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) recommended that novel oral polio vaccine type 2...

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It’s World Polio Week!

It’s World Polio Week!

No new Wild Polio cases reported this week! What is that Polio Picture?  It's World Polio Week!  Please encourage your friends & members to Donate, to Educate themselves, and to share the story of Global Polio eradication with others.  Let's...

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Last Boy with Polio in Americas

Last Boy with Polio in Americas

No new Wild Polio cases reported this week! What is that Polio Picture?  Luis Fermín, the boy who was the last person to suffer poliomyelitis in the Region of the Americas. © PAHO/WHO. The last detected case of polio in the Region of the Americas...

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PolIomyelitis in the tomb of Userhat – Egypt

PolIomyelitis in the tomb of Userhat – Egypt

No new Wild Polio cases reported this week! What is that Polio Picture? Post-polio syndrome (PPS) is a condition that can affect polio survivors decades after they recover from their initial poliovirus infection.World Polio Day - October 24, 2021 A...

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District Governor 2019-2020
Scott is a Rotarian in the Kearney Dawn Rotary Club of Kearney, NE