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Yemen: polio reported after Houthi fatwa bans vaccines
By The National Polio has been reported in Yemen for the first time since the disease was eradicated in 2006. Sixteen cases were recorded after the Houthi rebels denied vaccination teams access to the province of Saada, the group’s stronghold in northern Yemen, for more than two years, Dr Eshraq Al Subaei, Yemen’s deputy minister of public health, told The National. “They prevented the vaccination campaigns from accessing their region based on extremist religious fatwas issued by top Houthi religious figures along with trivial pretexts regarding security,” Mr Al Subaei said. Dr Taha Boutag, health manager of Saada province and a government loyalist, told The National from exile

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