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Stopping the Polio Virus PDF Print E-Mail
Written by Brahima Ouédraogo - InteRPress Service   
Monday, 10 May 2010

Article Source: InterPress Service

OUAGADOUGOU, Mar 18, 2010 (IPS) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) and its partners hope to eliminate the circulation of the polio virus in West Africa as soon as June by launching the first round of national synchronised immunisation days against the debilitating disease.Nigeria would be the only country to curb the circulation of the polio-causing virus as late as 2011, according to the WHO.

"We want to curb the wild polio virus in the West African region by the end of June 2010," says Dr Bokar Toure, coordinator of the inter-country team for WHO West Africa.

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