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La Lioness Priyanka

(53,866 posts) Wed Sep 10, 2014, 01:16 PM Sep 2014

Ukraine is at risk for a polio outbreak

but it seem that it is likely the media's fault & a lack of funds

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/15/us-ukraine-polio-idUSBRE9AE0LJ20131115

(Reuters) - Public distrust of vaccination is reducing the rate of immunization against polio in Ukraine, putting the country at risk of an outbreak of the crippling disease, World Health Organization and U.N. officials warned on Friday.

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U.N. officials say public suspicion of vaccines, fed by adverse media coverage, lie at the heart of a sharp fall-off in the immunization rate in Ukraine since 2008.
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Lack of funds for state procurement of vaccines is also a problem in the cash-strapped country, where the state budget is constantly under pressure, officials say.

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Ukraine is at risk for a polio outbreak (Original Post) La Lioness Priyanka Sep 2014 OP

Thanks. n/t FSogol Sep 2014 #1

Unadulterated News, Ma'am: How Refreshing.... The Magistrate Sep 2014 #2

FSogol

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1. Thanks. n/t

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Wed Sep 10, 2014, 01:26 PM

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The Magistrate

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2. Unadulterated News, Ma'am: How Refreshing....

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Wed Sep 10, 2014, 01:28 PM

Sep 2014

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