Fighting halts polio vaccination in northern Syria

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Fighting halts polio vaccination in northern Syria

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/fighting-halts-polio-vaccination-northern-syria-171451710.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/NUjomgPcKkFH8p1IAnpTdQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-01-13T171451Z_1_CBREA0C1BWU00_RTROPTP_2_SYRIA-CRISIS-POLIO.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="An activist health worker administers a polio vaccination to a child in Aleppo" align="left" title="An activist health worker administers a polio vaccination to a child in Aleppo" border="0" /></a>By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Heavy fighting has prevented health workers from getting polio vaccine to an estimated 100,000 Syrian children in the northeastern province of Raqqa, United Nations aid agencies said on Monday, appealing for access. The crippling infectious disease was confirmed in 17 children in Syria in October, the first outbreak there since 1999. A nationwide campaign was launched in November to vaccinate some 2 million Syrian children under five each month until May. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) condemned the halt of the immunization campaign in Raqqa province due to intense fighting in Syria's civil war.</p><br clear="all"/>

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