Polio and Ebola: Legacy in Action

• 7 March 2015
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  <article> <h1> <span>Polio and Ebola: Legacy in Action</span> </h1> <ul> <li> <b>7 March 2015</b> </li> </ul> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <article id="post-614" class="module single-post-module post-614 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-outbreaks tag-ebola tag-ebola-outbreak tag-global-development tag-global-health tag-india tag-polio et-doesnt-have-format-content et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"> <div> <div> <h2>Surveillance experts from India are working to strengthen the Ebola outbreak response in Sierra Leone</h2> <p>In January 2015, 26 surveillance experts from the National Polio Surveillance Programme (NPSP) in India boarded a plane that would take them to western Africa. Amongst them, Dr Deepak Kumar and Dr Aarti Singh were not only moving to work in a new and challenging country; they were also going to adapt their expertise to a fight a new disease: Ebola.</p> <p>Continue reading online at the <a href="http://www.polioeradication.org/mediaroom/newsstories/Polio-and-Ebola-Legacy-in-Action/tabid/526/news/1211/Default.aspx?popUp=true" target="_blank">Global Polio Eradication Initiative</a>. </p> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.gavi.org/polio-and-ebola-legacy-in-action">Original article</a> </p><p>This article was originally published on <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork">VaccinesWork</a> </p><script>(function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start': new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src= 'https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f); })(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-M7H54VD');</script><noscript><iframe src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-M7H54VD" height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe></noscript></article>

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