India Has Officially Eradicated Polio

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A child receives polio drops during a polio eradication programme in Jammu, February 19, 2012. The polio eradication programme in India aims to immunize every child under five years of age with the oral polio vaccine.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India on Monday marked three years since its last reported case of polio, paving the way for it to be declared free of the crippling virus and boosting efforts to wipe out the disease globally, the Organization (WHO) said.

The country's last case of the wild polio virus was detected on Jan 13, 2011, in a two-year-old girl in the state of West Bengal. Three years without any new cases means India can be declared polio-free.

Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria are the only countries in the world where the disease remains endemic.

"We give huge credit to the government... It makes us extremely proud and highly responsible for having helped the government to reach this incredible achievement," India's



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1. 30 years ago I met a 10yo kid with polio in India.

He had been vaccinated, but the lack of refrigeration lead to an ineffective dose and he got it anyway. His father, so dejected.

As much as I complain about our rural electrification and its resulting suburbia, I am grateful for that huge infrastructure that makes us safe from so many maladies.

Good luck India and to all your children.