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Archive -- NIGERIA -- APRIL 2009 |
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UPDATE AUG. 24, 2009 A mutated virus from the oral vaccine used to prevent the spread of polio in Nigeria has paralyzed at least 124 children in the West African country this year. The new figure is double the 62 vaccine-derived cases reported in the country last year, and marks the continuation of the longest vaccine-derived polio outbreak ever seen. SLIDE SHOW APRIL 20, 2009 An epidemic of meningococcal disease has killed 1,200 people. Dr. Helmy Mekaoui, from Doctors Without Borders, discusses the group's efforts to vaccinate the population in Niger and prevent the epidemic from growing.    SLIDE SHOW MARCH 2, 2009 Although polio has been wiped out in most of the world, it is a growing problem in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria. NewsHour special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from Nigeria on efforts to fight the spread of the disease. |
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 UPDATE NOV. 9, 2009 Despite shortages, officials stand by the choice not touseadjuvants to stretch supply.  UPDATE OCT. 30, 2009 Foreigners infected with HIV will be allowed to travel and immigrate to the U.S. |
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