Tuesday, 29 October 2013

Polio outbreak in Syria threatens whole region, WHO says


Syrian refugee children play outside a tent during the first day of the Muslim festival of Eid-al-Adha at the Arbat refugee camp in the northern Iraqi province of Sulaimaniya By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Polio has broken out among young children in northeast Syria after probably originating in Pakistan and poses a threat to millions of children across the Middle East, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. The crippling disease, which is caused by a virus transmitted via contaminated food and water, could spread especially fast in Syria, where civil war has led to falling vaccination rates. ...








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