Note from the editors: WHO declares international spread of wild poliovirus a public health emergency of international concern.
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The declaration followed an assessment of the poliovirus situation in 2014 as of 26 April and included updates from countries affected, namely Afghanistan, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Israel, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia and the Syrian Arab Republic. It concluded that the current situation required coordinated international response because this situation could result in failure to eradicate polio globally.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin
دوره 19 18 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014