Polio Alarm Sounded in India Highlights Slums and Struggle
In Calcutta and across West Bengal polio continues to spread amid distrust of vaccines among Muslims and poverty. CARE India official Dr Anubha Ghose warns the last push is hardest while WHO and UNICEF warn eradication depends on global effort and India’s 2010 target.
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Ghose
Care India
India
Sushma Swaraj
Jay Wenger
WHO
Carl Tristman
U.N. Children’s Fund
Tristman
Nigeria
Niger
Egypt
Somalia
Afghanistan
Pakistan
West Bengal
Calcutta
Bangladesh
Nepal
Begum
Pinky
Mohammed Taher
Park Circus
Ganges River
Taher
Dawood
Mustaq Hussein
Mustaq
Husseins
Wenger
Prabhakar Chatterjee
Chatterjee
Hafiz Gulam Mustafa
Masjid-e-Mohammadi
Mustafa
Simran Khatun
Rani Begum
A SARS vaccine in three years plan sparks debate
Federal officials, led by Dr. Gary Nabel, outline a parallel tracking strategy to accelerate SARS vaccine development, aiming for basic lab work in one year and human testing over the next two. Experts caution the timeline hinges on perfect conditions, with Fauci stressing the need to prepare regardless of the outbreak’s trajectory.
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Gary Nabel
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Nabel
Food and Drug Administration
Nabel’s Institute
United States
China
Taiwan
World Health Organization
Anthony Fauci
Infectious Disease Institute
Health and Human Services
Tommy Thompson
Una Ryan
Avant Immunotherapeutics
Hong Kong
Canada
Fauci
Emilio Emini
Merck
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