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World Service,21 Jan 1997,13 mins

Yemen's Polio Epidemic

Health Matters

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Polio immunisation in Yemen, a cure for a dry mouth and clumsiness in children. There are high hopes polio will be eradicated by 2000. Yemen is the only country in the Arabian peninsula with polio, and there are fears it could export the disease. Later in the programme, how to cure a dry mouth caused by anxiety and why clumsiness is not always a child's fault.

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