U.N. Calls Middle East Polio Outbreak ‘Greatest Polio Challenge in History’

Contagion

First Syria, now Iraq—polio is spreading through these war-torn countries, and the challenges to get the spread under control are great.

Published Apr. 9 2014 5:45AM EDT

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The three-year long civil war in Syria, which has claimed an estimated 150,000 lives, has come to affect the infants and children of the region in a new way.

Kent Sepkowitz

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U.N. Calls Middle East Polio Outbreak ‘Greatest Polio Challenge in History’

First Syria, now Iraq—polio is spreading through these war-torn countries, and the challenges to get the spread under control are great.

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Kent Sepkowitz