Orthopaedic surgeon Mathew Varghese talks of similarities between Covid-19 and polio, vaccination and how global cooperation helped eradicate the affliction.
We speak with Dr Mathew Varghese, who runs the last polio ward in India at St. Stephen s Hospital in Delhi, on why India needs to maintain polio eradication efforts, and the parallels between the fights against polio and Covid-19
Dr Mahama Asei Seini, the Deputy Minister of Health, has reassured Ghanaians that the novel Oral Polio Virus Type 2 (nOPV2) vaccine is safe and effective, and urged parents to ensure that children under five are vaccinated against the disease. He said this was necessary as Polio could not be…