Global Politics Online / IPS Zofeen Ebrahim KARACHI, Nov 13 (IPS) – As the first batches of Haj pilgrims from Pakistan arrived at Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah airport for the current pilgrimage season they were, regardless of age, administered oral polio vaccine (OPV). Saudi Arabia, a polio-free country, is taking every precaution to prevent transmission of [...]
HEALTH: The Global Killer You Never Heard Of
October 25, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Saturday, October 25, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Wolfgang Kerler UNITED NATIONS, Oct 24 (IPS) – Although a safe and effective vaccine has been available for eight years now, 1.6 million people still die from pneumococcal diseases every year, making it the number one [...]
