UNICEF: First ever synchronized polio campaign in region

ONDANGWA, Namibia, 28 June 2007 -- When the gates at the border crossing on the Angola-Namibia border open, it's more than trade that can go rushing through. Polio and other diseases need no passports, and that fact triggered the first-ever synchronized polio campaign between Angola, Namibia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo across these long, often porous borders.
Forces from all three countries and others in te region, including South African singer and UNICEF Regional Goodwill Ambassador Yvonne Chaka Chaka, were mobilized for the launch of the synchronized campaign in northern Namibia. Under the countries' three flags, Angolans, Namibians and Congolese all came together, pledging to kick polio out of Africa and keep on the march toward reaching health goals.

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• polio
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• angola
• namibia
• DRC
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[nauta51]

Namibia must kick out polio and fight for other bad deseases , namibia must be free from cure deseases and keep it's nation health and safe .