Polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea after 18 years; experts say it was avoidable

They put the blame on poor vaccination coverage and unsanitary living conditions

World Health Summit: Global leaders pledge $2.5 billion for polio eradication

2022-2026 strategy to end polio needs $4.8 billion   

Malawi records Africa’s first wild polio virus cases in over 5 years

The case was detected in a three-year-old girl who began showing signs of paralysis from November 19, 2021

Global spread of vaccine-derived polio still a high risk: WHO

Recommends declaring transmission as a national public health emergency, ensuring vaccinations for travellers and residents

Polio eradication: ‘Need to invest in polio vaccines now to prevent resurgence’

Oral vaccine key defence against polio but also behind detection of vaccine-derived poliovirus in wastewater samples

Africa eradicates polio, but vaccine-driven outbreaks rise

In Asia, India too was declared polio-free in 2014, but cVDPV was reported 50 times in the country in the past six years

Should we worry about the long-term impact of the novel coronavirus?

Pathogens differ in their ability to affect multiple organs but they all invariably cause long-term effects