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Published online 14 May 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030512-4

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Polio eradication strategy revised

Cash crisis forces mass vaccination campaign to focus.

The World Health Organization is this week launching its revised campaign to rid the planet of polio. A programme of 51 intensive immunization campaigns will target 13 hotspots, including India, Egypt and Afghanistan.

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