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World Bank Approves USD200 Million to Fight Polio in Nigeria

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The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors approved has US$200 million of International Development Association (IDA) additional financing for the final push to eradicate polio and sustain routine immunization for children under five years and women of reproductive age in Nigeria. Nigeria is making significant progress towards polio eradication, with no new cases of […]

1958: Salk Announces Polio Vaccine

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On March 26, 1953, American medical researcher Dr. Jonas Salk announced on a national radio show that he has successfully tested a vaccine against poliomyelitis, the virus that causes the crippling disease of polio. In 1952- -an epidemic year for polio–there were 58,000 new cases reported in the United States, and more than 3,000 died […]