Bruce Aylward
Bruce Aylward
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These are some of the poorest countries with the weakest health indicators in the world. People are pretty cynical when they look at Africa, but these countries have turned it around.
target
There will not be a new target set for eradication of polio.
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This is the light at the end of the tunnel. The world can be polio-free in another 12 to 18 months everywhere, and the poorest countries in the world are committed to turning this around.
case confirmed exposure regular somalia yesterday
We had a case confirmed yesterday which reaffirms there has been regular exposure of Somalia to the virus, probably from Yemen.
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The critical thing at this point in the avian flu epidemic is to prevent human exposure to the virus, to prevent human cases, if they've not already occurred.