Health Report - Fighting to End Polio in Nigeria

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VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. Most are now free of polio, but the disease remains threat in some countries, including Nigeria. Gregory Hussey is director of the Vaccines for Africa Initiative at the of Cape Town in South Africa. He says there a worldwide movement to eradicate polio in the next to 10 years. He says there are problems in because people are refusing to immunize their children for number of reasons. The World Health Organization says after vaccination campaigns were interfered with in northern Nigeria several ago, the virus there spread all the way to . Gregory Hussey says continued outbreaks of measles represent another . The United Nations and other international agencies have immunization . But Africa lacks its own major programs. The Vaccines Africa Initiative was started to spread knowledge about vaccines only to healthcare workers, but to policymakers and communities. Gregory Hussey says cost remains a major problem. An public-private partnership, the GAVI Alliance, helps developing countries offer . GAVI negotiates with drug companies to lower the cost medicines. But Gregory Hussey warns that low-cost vaccines will be available forever. He says some countries that have money to vaccinate children have not made that a goal. Researchers at the University of Cape Town say leaders must be held accountable for meeting immunization targets honoring international commitments. For VOA Learning English, I'm Laurel . (Adapted from a radio program broadcast 10Apr2013)

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