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Abdalla Ndalukaria was diagnosed with Polio in 1987, a year after his birth, robbing him of a chance to enjoy his childhood playing with his peers.When he didn't crawl or try to stand using furniture ...
By Brandon Fey, News Editor The Eisenhower Institute hosted Major General William M. Matz Jr. ’61, U.S. Army (Ret.), for a book talk on his new memoir, “My Toughest Battle: A Soldier’s Lifelong ...
Thakare Naik with locomotor disability from the Lambada tribe, overcame physical limitations to create inspiring mixed media ...
An author, Mr Abiodun Oshinibosi, has promised to commit proceeds from his book, “Project Management Extraordinaire” to fund polio eradication efforts in Nigeria. Oshinibosi gave the ...
His crutches, meanwhile, follow specific rules: if he deliberately blocks the ball with them, play stops as with a handball. Between amateur league matches, Kaiser competes at the elite level of ...
He thankfully survived, but polio forever changed him ... aided by his ever-present crutches. Grandpa was a woodworker, so he made his crutches himself. My father keeps a handle from one of his dad’s ...
Here are some snippets taken from my grandfather’s 1990 memoir that describe what polio was like. I awoke Sunday morning feeling queasy and wondered if it was something I’d eaten the previous evening.
BAHAWALPUR, Apr 17 (APP): A five-day campaign to eradicate polio across the district will commence on April 21. During this campaign, over 824,000 children up to the age of five will be administered ...
The United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEF has said the media is a critical stakeholder in Polio eradication in Nigeria. UNICEF’s Chief of Field Office in Kano, Rahama Rihood Farah disclosed ...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has donated 1,433,300 doses of polio vaccines to the Adamawa State Government, targeting children from 0 to 59 months in the forthcoming immunisation.
The Rotary Club of China Lake’s President, David Saint-Amand, spoke at the club’s weekly luncheon about Rotary International's ongoing efforts to eradicate the polio virus. Eliminating polio has a ...
The Jigawa State Government, in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), is set to immunize approximately 1.9 million children against polio from April 24 to 30 ...