Lebanon immunises Syria children against polio

1,287 views · Published 12 March 2014 · 2:30 · Indexed 26 October 2026

Channel: Al Jazeera English · 2014 · News & Politics

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A mass polio vaccine drive is underway in Lebanon after several cases of the disease were confirmed in Syria.  International charity organisation Save the Children estimates that up to 80,000 children are likely to be infected by polio's most aggressive form, and are silently spreading the disease.  Al Jazeera's Nisreen El-Shamayleh reports from the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon.

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