domingo, 25 de octubre de 2015

CDC Around the World: Oct. 24 is World Polio Day

CDC Around the World: Oct. 24 is World Polio Day

CDC Around the World



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October 24 is World Polio Day. CDC & partners will not stop
until polio is eradicated. View full-sized photo


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Spotlighted Topic of the Week: World Polio Day 



Blog of the Week
TWO VACCINES FOR ONE POLIO-FREE WORLD
Polio was once considered one of the most frightening diseases in the world until a team led by Dr. Jonas Salk developed the first successful polio vaccine. World Polio Day, held every October 24 to celebrate Salk’s birthday, is an opportunity for everyone working to eradicate polio to renew their commitment to creating a polio-free world for future generations. Today most of the world is polio-free, but the disease continues to disable children in some countries. And as long as polio exists anywhere, the disease remains a threat everywhere...read blog
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Infographic of the Week
IMPACT OF A POLIO-FREE AFRICA
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Video of the Week
A NEW TOOL IN THE FIGHT AGAINST POLIO: THE INACTIVATED POLIO VACCINE (IPV)
For decades, the Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) has been the main tool used to eradicate polio. But at the end of 2012, global immunization experts made a landmark recommendation that every country in the world exclusively using OPV should add at least one dose of the inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) to their national immunization schedule by the end of 2015. This new policy meant that 126 countries around the world have to change their national immunization schedule within the short timeframe of only 3 years...watch video
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Story of the Week
FINDING EVERY LAST POLIOVIRUS
Eradicating polio from the world forever will be one of the biggest public health achievements of our time. Surveillance Officers like Amina Ismail, working for the World Health Organization in Kenya, know that it is not just vaccinating every last child but being able to trace every last virus that will take us over the finishing line to eradication...read story
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CDC Ebola Updates



Latest Outbreak Info
The World Health Organization has reported 28,547 cases of Ebola and 11,313 deaths worldwide...read more
2014 Ebola Outbreak in West Africa - Outbreak Distribution Map


In the News
World Polio Day: How Far We’ve Come, What’s Left to Do
Voice of America
October 23, 2015

A no-brainer: How to transition from polio eradication to measles eradication
devexOctober 13, 2015

On the Calendar
October 29: World Stroke Day
November 12: World Pneumonia Day
November 14: World Diabetes Day
November 15: World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
November 16-22: World Antibiotic Awareness Week
November 19: World Toilet Day
November 19: International Men's Day
November 20: Universal Children's Day
November 20: World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day
November 25: World International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

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