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What WHO is helping to achieve in India

Posted by: Kelly Wright, Posted on: 16 July 2012 - Categories: Asia, Health

India has been polio free since January 2011. Before the launch of polio immunisation campaigns in 1995, an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 polio cases were being reported annually, so that's quite an achievement. The near-eradication of polio in India was made …

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Tragedy, hope and raw determination!

Posted by: Dan Thomas, Posted on: 23 April 2012 - Categories: Development Debates, Ghana, Health

Have you ever been to the cinema and seen a trailer for a film that you previously had no interest in watching and then suddenly thought to yourself, "That is a movie I CANNOT MISS"? That was the idea behind …

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A silent cheer

Posted by: Christine Mosler, Posted on: 22 June 2011 - Categories: Development Debates, Health

The social media room at last week's GAVI conference was quietly buzzing. People's faces were lit by the blue light of their lap top screens and, in one corner, a steady stream of influential people commented and reported into the …

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Vaccines save lives - every child, everywhere

Posted by: Bill Gates, Posted on: 13 June 2011 - Categories: Development Debates, Health

...Pete Lewis / DFID That’s why increasing access to vaccines for the world’s poorest countries is one of the top priorities of the Gates Foundation, and that’s why today we...

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