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This image was created in October 2014, by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Epidemiologist, Mary Alleman, MPH, PhD, during an outbreak of wild poliovirus in the Central African nation of Cameroon, in the city of Bafoussam, the regional capital of West Region, Cameroon. The photograph depicted the screen of a mobile telephone, which displayed a French SMS-based “Santé Alerte”, or in English, “Health Alert”, message, which was produced through a collaborative effort made by polio eradication partners in Cameroon. The message read, “poliomyélite! Signalez tout cas de paralysie Options Retour”, which when translated into English read, “Poliomyelitis! Notify all cases of paralysis”. The message was received on the Dr. Alleman’s phone during her deployment to the region. This was one of the entries in the 2015 CDC Connects, Public Health in Action Photo Contest.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ CDC Connects
Creation Date: 2014
Photo Credit: Mary Alleman, M.P.H., Ph.D.
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