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Home > Namibia: Govt launches crash polio campaign after outbreak

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Monday, June 12, 2006 - 03:00
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Health & HIV/AIDS [2]
Issue Number: 
259 [3]
Article-Summary: 

Namibia is to launch a national polio vaccination campaign after the World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed an outbreak of the highly contagious virus. So far seven deaths and 39 cases of the wild polio have been reported, Kalumbi Shangula, permanent secretary in the ministry of health, said on Thursday.

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Advocacy & Campaigns [4]
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Country: 
Namibia [6]

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