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Official Twitter channel of the World Health Organization, the United Nations' health agency

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Today is ! Join & experts for a Twitter chat from 11am-2pm EST

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4:02 AM - 24 Oct 12 · Details
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Happy ! 67 years ago the Charter came into force. Join chat 11am-2pm ET today & raise your voice for the !

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3:39 AM - 24 Oct 12 · Details
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In economic terms, eradication of in the next 5 years would save more than US$40 billion

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Thanks to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, WHO is a partner, >10m are today walking, otherwise would have been paralyzed by

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2:57 AM - 24 Oct 12 · Details
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What is vaccine-derived polio? Q&A on this World Polio Day 2012 here:

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2:34 AM - 24 Oct 12 · Details
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Polio is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus that invades the nervous system. It can cause total paralysis in a matter of hours.

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2:14 AM - 24 Oct 12 · Details
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There is no cure for polio, but it can be prevented. Polio vaccine, given multiple times, can protect a child for life

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1:44 AM - 24 Oct 12 · Details
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In 2012, only 3 countries (Afghanistan, Nigeria, Pakistan) remain polio-endemic, down from >125 countries in 1988

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1:09 AM - 24 Oct 12 · Details
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Today is World Polio Day! The first since India was removed from the list of countries with active transmission of wild poliovirus.

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12:41 AM - 24 Oct 12 · Details
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Rock your blue on Oct 24, United Nations Day! Join the Twitter chat about the amazing work of the 11am-2pm ET

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5:27 AM - 23 Oct 12 · Details
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Does polio still exist? Risk of 200k polio cases a year within 10 years, all over the world, if we fail to eradicate

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When a vax team arrives in a remote village, they can provide other health interventions such as vitamin A

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What a journey: To administer polio vaccines to children in remote areas, all kinds of transport are used, from donkeys to helicopters.

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'Days of Tranquility' are negotiated so that vaccination teams can reach children living in conflict zones

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3:27 AM - 23 Oct 12 · Details
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Worldwide, more than 20m polio volunteers have immunized more than 2.5b children over the past 20 years

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WHO is a partner in the Global Eradication Initiative, the largest public-private partnership for health

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Polio eradication partners around the world are observing World Polio Day tomorrow, 24 October. And you?

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11:54 AM - 22 Oct 12 · Details
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Update Marburg haemorrhagic fever, Uganda: 9 probable & confirmed cases, incl. 5 deaths, reported as of 21 October 2012

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5:20 AM - 22 Oct 12 · Details
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Dr Chan: In clinical care, things will go wrong. To err is human. All errors can be addressed. More on patient safety:

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Dr Chan: Patient safety is a fundamental principle of all health systems, measures are often simple, comparatively inexpensive to introduce

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