Polio News

A new global plan from the World Health Organization aims eliminate polio by 2018, provided that world governments can contribute $5.5 billion.

Kano - Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram militants have shot dead at least nine female polio vaccination workers in northern Nigeria. The incident brings back to attention rumors that the vaccination drive is part of a Western plot to sterilize Nigerian women.

It isn't very often we see a single tweet and it inspires a column. Today we celebrate the wisdom of a lady calling herself @JanC60 -- a self-described mother of four, a conservative from Colorado who "was asleep, but no longer."

The drug Prozac has been found to have anti-viral properties against viruses like polio and related infectious agents. The findings could lead to a new class of antiviral medicines.

The latest United Nations health report indicates that global cases of polio have fallen worldwide and are currently at a record low. However, this is counterbalanced by incidences in some parts of the world being at a record high.

A new report by two Delhi pediatricians suggests that the sharp rise in childhood paralysis in India is due to the increased usage of the oral polio vaccine, a drug that was banned in the U.S. over a decade ago.

In a desperate effort, the Pakistani government is planning to punish parents who do not get their kids vaccinated for Polio.

The Rotary International Foundation is working to eradicate polio in India. Archive footage screened on British TV this week shows what a terrible scourge it was here within living memory.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced this week the Federal Government of Australia is adding $AU 50 million over four years to a new Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) campaign to wipe out the disease polio worldwide.

Today, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced they are working together to provide vaccinations to children in Afghanistan and Pakistan.