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WHO effort to eradicate polio

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    In its bid to eradicate polio, the World Health Organisation (WHO) is increasing its Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) surveillance, the UN body said on Friday. Health staff from the southern districts of Pujehun, Moyamba and Bonthe will be trained in AFP surveillance within the next two weeks.

    WHO reported scattered outbreaks of bloody diarrhoea during April and May in the districts of Port Loko in the north and Bo in the south, the report said. The cumulative number of cases from January to March is 10,398, a third of which are children under five years.

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