Canada funds polio effort in Afghanistan, Nigeria, Pakistan
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- Published on Saturday, 27 April 2013 15:31
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The Federal government of Canada will allocate $250 million between 2013 and 2018 to support the global goal of eradicating polio.
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Faces of Elephantiasis: Patients Remain After the Disease is Gone
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- Published on Friday, 12 April 2013 14:11
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Philip Graitcer, formerly an epidemiologist with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, lived in Africa in the 1980s.
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Violence Halts Anti-Polio Program
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- Published on Thursday, 07 March 2013 06:32
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Nearly a month after nine health workers in Nigeria were slaughtered as they prepared to administer polio vaccinations, the polio eradication program remains at a standstill in Kano, a state health officials call the epicenter of the disease.
JW_DISQUS_ADD_A_COMMENTWe Must Recruit More Midwives to Save Lives
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- Published on Wednesday, 13 March 2013 09:58
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Nigeria has one of the highest maternal death rates in the world and an ambitious plan to ‘save one million lives’ through health programs that target mothers and children.
JW_DISQUS_ADD_A_COMMENTCancer Decimates Nigerian Celebrities
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- Published on Friday, 22 February 2013 11:13
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For prominent Nigerians and celebrities in the country, cancer is no longer an ailment to only imagine. It is one that is currently ravaging their ranks and reducing their numbers.
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