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The case for India switching from the oral to the inactivated polio vaccine

No matter the polio status of a country and which vaccine is being used, as long as wild poliovirus is present and any country continues to use the oral polio vaccine (OPV), the risk of polio emergence, including in polio-free countries, is real in a globalised village especially when vaccine…

The Hindu · Jul 23, 2023

Why the oral polio vaccine is still crucial to eradicate polio

Polio vaccination has reduced cases by 99.9% since 1988. Recent cases in unvaccinated people and silent transmission of polioviruses raise questions. OPV has advantages but can cause VDPV, whereas IPV has strong systemic immunity but no mucosal immunity.

The Hindu · Jul 21, 2023

Polio scare hits Malawi with 17 possible cases, just as huge vaccine drive ends

Cyclone Freddy cited as contributing factor in feared new outbreak that follows inoculation of 8 million children

The Guardian - UK · Jul 19, 2023

Global polio targets set for this year unlikely to be met

Global polio targets set for this year will not be met

The Hindu · May 20, 2023

London children to be offered MMR and polio vaccines through primary schools

Parents urged to check children’s vaccination status amid rise in measles cases

Evening Standard · May 16, 2023

Are We Done With Polio? The Disease’s Success Story Could Create A False Sense of Security

Phrasing that aims to encourage immunizations by highlighting their accomplishments implies that some diseases are no longer a threat.

Inverse · May 7, 2023

UNICEF: More than 1 million polio vaccines destroyed in Sudan

More than 1 million polio vaccines intended for children have been destroyed as a result of looting in Sudan during the upsurge in violence since April, the U.N. children's agency UNICEF told Reuters on Friday.

Reuters · May 5, 2023

Businessman who survived polio with just 10% chance of survival now helping other disabled entrepreneurs

Dr Mark Esho MBE says disabled community is a 'huge, untapped resource of talent'

Birmingham Post · May 3, 2023

Women health workers hold key to ending polio

Anyone who witnesses a polio vaccination campaign in Pakistan will notice something remarkable: in most areas, the majority of health workers moving house to house to vaccinate children against this highly infectious paralytic disease are women.

Bangkok Post · May 2, 2023

'Got polio?' messaging underscores a vaccine campaign's success but creates false sense of security as memories of the disease fade in US

“Got Polio? Me neither. Thanks, Science.”

The Conversation · Apr 27, 2023