WHO Klaim Benua Afrika Sudah Bebas dari Polio

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WHO Klaim Benua Afrika Sudah Bebas dari Polio

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Kamis, 27 Agu 2020 21:10 WIB

Jakarta - WHO menyatakan benua Afrika bebas dari virus polio liar setelah berupaya puluhan tahun lamanya, meskipun masih ada ancaman virus polio yang bermutasi.

FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016 file photo, a health official administers a polio vaccine to a child at a camp for people displaced by Islamist Extremists, in Maiduguri, Nigeria. Health authorities on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020 are expected to declare the African continent free of the wild poliovirus after decades of effort, though cases of vaccine-derived polio are still sparking outbreaks of the paralyzing disease in more than a dozen countries. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

Deklarasi tersebut meninggalkan Pakistan dan tetangganya Afghanistan sebagai satu-satunya negara yang diperkirakan masih terjangkit virus polio. AP Photo/Sunday Alamba  

FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016 file photo, a health official administers a polio vaccine to a child at a camp for people displaced by Islamist Extremists, in Maiduguri, Nigeria. Health authorities on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020 are expected to declare the African continent free of the wild poliovirus after decades of effort, though cases of vaccine-derived polio are still sparking outbreaks of the paralyzing disease in more than a dozen countries. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

Pengumuman dari Komisi Sertifikasi Regional Afrika untuk Pemberantasan Polio datang setelah tidak ada kasus yang dilaporkan selama empat tahun. AP Photo/Ben Curtis  

FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016 file photo, a health official administers a polio vaccine to a child at a camp for people displaced by Islamist Extremists, in Maiduguri, Nigeria. Health authorities on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020 are expected to declare the African continent free of the wild poliovirus after decades of effort, though cases of vaccine-derived polio are still sparking outbreaks of the paralyzing disease in more than a dozen countries. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

Sebelumnya, polio pernah menjangkit sekitar 75 ribu anak setiap tahun di seluruh Afrika. AP Photo/Jerome Delay  

FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016 file photo, a health official administers a polio vaccine to a child at a camp for people displaced by Islamist Extremists, in Maiduguri, Nigeria. Health authorities on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020 are expected to declare the African continent free of the wild poliovirus after decades of effort, though cases of vaccine-derived polio are still sparking outbreaks of the paralyzing disease in more than a dozen countries. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

Pemberantasan polio dilakukan dengan lebih dari 90% anak-anak diimunisasi. Biasanya hal tesebut dilakukan massal yang melibatkan jutaan petugas kesehatan. AP Photo/Sunday Alamba  

FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016 file photo, a health official administers a polio vaccine to a child at a camp for people displaced by Islamist Extremists, in Maiduguri, Nigeria. Health authorities on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020 are expected to declare the African continent free of the wild poliovirus after decades of effort, though cases of vaccine-derived polio are still sparking outbreaks of the paralyzing disease in more than a dozen countries. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

Akibat pandemi COVID-19, kegiatan pemberantasan polio di benua Afrika sempat ditangguhkan. Namun bisa dilakukan kembali dengan aturan kesehatan yang ketat. AP Photo/Sunday Alamba  

WHO Klaim Benua Afrika Sudah Bebas dari Polio
WHO Klaim Benua Afrika Sudah Bebas dari Polio
WHO Klaim Benua Afrika Sudah Bebas dari Polio
WHO Klaim Benua Afrika Sudah Bebas dari Polio
WHO Klaim Benua Afrika Sudah Bebas dari Polio
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