Somalia

Somalia: Vaccine-wielding health workers face a daunting challenge. Those areas of Somalia where seven out of 10 children arent fully immunized are difficult to access because Al Qaeda-linked militants control them, according to The Star. India marked a major success in February 2012 by being removed from the World Health Organizations list of countries plagued by the highly infectious disease and NAIROBI, KENYA Somalia is suffering an explosive outbreak of polio and now has more cases than the rest of the world combined, a WHO official said Friday. Polio is considered mostly eliminated around the world except for the three countries Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan where it is endemic. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.