Gaza update: Israeli society at breaking point and Palestinians battle to contain polio: Israelis took to the streets last weekend – including outside the prime minister’s residence in Jerusalem – in their latest show of anger at the government’s handling of the war. The protests were spurred by the news that Hamas had executed six …
Umaru Shehu: Nigerian public health giant who played a major role in polio eradication: Professor Emeritus Umaru Shehu, who died on 2 October 2023, was born in Yerwa (Maiduguri), Nigeria, in 1930. Widely regarded as one of the country’s early leaders in public health policy and practice, he was the first public health physician in …
Polio: leading virologist offers a beginner’s guide to the different viruses and vaccines: Nicholas Kajoba/Xinhua via Getty Images On 17 March 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that health officials in Burundi and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) had detected cases of vaccine-derived poliovirus. The WHO said the Burundian government had declared the detection …
Polio vaccine boosters offered to London children – an expert explains what’s going on: Studio Romantic/Shutterstock In June, the UK Health Security Agency reported that poliovirus had been detected in sewage in north and east London between February and May 2022. Following this, people were advised to ensure their children were up to date with …
Polio was recently detected in sewage in the UK – here’s what else scientists look for in our wastewater: DedMityay/Shutterstock We recently learned that poliovirus had been detected in sewage in north and east London between February and May 2022. Poliomyelitis (polio) is an infectious disease that can cause paralysis and death, mainly in children. …
Polio: we’re developing a safer vaccine that use no genetic material from the virus: Recent reports of poliovirus detected in samples from a sewage treatment works in London have rightly generated significant concern among public health agencies and medical staff. The poliovirus detected is what is called vaccine-derived poliovirus – this is not “wild poliovirus”. …
It’s been a year since Africa was declared polio free. But a threat remains: A child gets a dose of the oral polio vaccine. Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images The 25th of August marks the first anniversary of a milestone that took over 30 years to achieve. Africa being free from polio – a disease …
What Elvis Presley’s televised polio vaccination can tell us about the shortfalls of celebrity-endorsed health campaigns: Elvis Presley received a polio vaccination on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1956 neftali/Shutterstock.com If you had tuned into the Ed Sullivan Show on October 28 1956, you would have witnessed an unexpected promoter of public health. Just before …
How ending polio in Africa has had positive spinoffs for public health: The polio eradication programme in Africa directly combated a severe debilitating disease. Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP via Getty Images Polio is a highly infectious disease. It’s caused by a virus that enters the body through the mouth. The virus then multiplies in the …
South Africa in the news: Yorkshire Rotarian Manoj Joshi will be shaving off his impressive purple beard for World Polio Day: A leading Yorkshire Rotarian will shave off his beard and moustache to mark the day – and his wife and children will see him barefaced for the first time. Chris Burn reports.: “South Africa” …
South Africa in the news: Good News In 2020, As Africa is Declared Free Of One Virus, Polio: It has been grievously accused, but in its defence, 2020 might say that it does not bring about events, it merely embraces whatever comes. And it might add that while 2020 might be synonymous with …: “South …
South Africa in the news: Africa: Wild Polio Eradication in Africa Excites Buhari, Says Covid-19 Will Also Be Defeated: Abuja — President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja said African countries could defeat COVID-19 pandemic the same way it overcame the Wild Polio Virus on the continent. The president made the …: “South Africa” – BingNews …
Complacency could delay the final push to eradicate polio: A Nigerian child receives a dose of the polio vaccine EPA Great strides have been made in the global effort to eradicate polio. Reported cases of wild poliovirus have decreased by over 99% from an estimated 350,000 cases in 1988 to 33 in 2018. Polio is …
Valuable lessons from Nigeria’s marathon effort to eradicate polio: Innovative efforts have been put in place to reach populations in partially and totally inaccessible parts of Borno state. Wikimedia Commons The theme for World Health Day in 1995 was “Target 2000 — A World Without Polio”. I delivered a lecture titled “Polio Eradication Race: Will …
Why eradicating polio everywhere has been so hard to crack: Nigerian children receiving the polio vaccine in Lagos. EPA Polio is a disease that struck fear into the hearts of parents just a generation ago. Poliomyelitis, known as polio, is a viral illness which spreads through faeces and respiratory secretions. Polio causes sudden onset of …