"Polio Vaccinations in Burkina Faso, Niger"

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July 31, 2002

 

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"Polio Vaccinations in Burkina Faso, Niger"

Agence France Presse (www.afp.com/english/home) (07/30/02)

 

The World Health Organization (WHO) is holding a "mop-up" polio

vaccination campaign in Burkina Faso and Niger following the

discovery last month of a boy from Niger who was infected with

the virus.  The vaccination effort is targeting over 500,000

children in border districts of northern Burkina Faso and

southern Niger, said the WHO's Christine McNab.  Six cases of

polio were recorded last year in Niger, according to WHO

statistics.

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