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Morobe on alert as boy, 6, is diagnosed with polio
THE Morobe provincial disease control officer and a team made up of the Department of Health and World Health Organisation (WHO) are investigating a suspected polio or poliomyelitis case at Four-Mile outside Lae city.
June 1, 2018
BY NATALIE CHOLOHEI
THE Morobe provincial disease control officer and a team made up of the Department of Health and World Health Organisation (WHO) are investigating a suspected polio or poliomyelitis case at Four-Mile outside Lae city.
Provincial Health adviser Micah Yawing said yesterday that a six-year-old boy from Eastern Highlands Province, who cannot be named, had been diagnosed with polio at the Angau Memorial Hospital early this week.
?The case has been confirmed from Angau and polio is identified at the Four Mile area,? Mr Yawing said.
He said one case is very serious and the team of health practitioners is addressing this situation with high importance.
As a strategy by the DoH and WHO, they aim to eradicate polio in the world, and their role in public health is to protect the lives of the people...
Morobe on alert as boy, 6, is diagnosed with polio
THE Morobe provincial disease control officer and a team made up of the Department of Health and World Health Organisation (WHO) are investigating a suspected polio or poliomyelitis case at Four-Mile outside Lae city.
June 1, 2018
BY NATALIE CHOLOHEI
THE Morobe provincial disease control officer and a team made up of the Department of Health and World Health Organisation (WHO) are investigating a suspected polio or poliomyelitis case at Four-Mile outside Lae city.
Provincial Health adviser Micah Yawing said yesterday that a six-year-old boy from Eastern Highlands Province, who cannot be named, had been diagnosed with polio at the Angau Memorial Hospital early this week.
?The case has been confirmed from Angau and polio is identified at the Four Mile area,? Mr Yawing said.
He said one case is very serious and the team of health practitioners is addressing this situation with high importance.
As a strategy by the DoH and WHO, they aim to eradicate polio in the world, and their role in public health is to protect the lives of the people...
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