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This image was captured in 2014, in Somalia, by Shurram Shahzad, during the Stop Transmission of Polio (STOP) Program, and depicts a Somali mother holding her child steady, while another STOP worker, administered the oral polio vaccine to the young infant. The work of STOP participants is extremely important to achieve polio eradication. Many countries have a shortage of skilled public health staff available to fully support polio eradication. WHO and UNICEF, working in conjunction with national Ministries of Health, request skilled short-term consultants, who can provide field support to immunization programs. STOP participants are considered the descendants of the smallpox warriors of the 1970s, hunting down the polio virus in the last reservoirs on Earth.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Shurram Shahzad
Creation Date: 2014
Photo Credit: Shurram Shahzad
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