Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Angolan Health Officials On High Alert After Polio Case Confirmed
Health officials in the northern Angolan province of Uige are on high alert "after a 14-month-old boy tested positive for polio, which has made a resurgence in the country, UNICEF said Thursday," Agence France-Presse reports (11/3). "After eliminating new polio cases for three years in succession following its 27-year civil war, Angola saw a strain of the crippling virus reappear in 2005," the news service adds.
This is part of the Morning Briefing, a summary of health policy coverage from major news organizations. Sign up for an email subscription.
