Health
Wild polio wiped out in Africa with UK aid support – World – ReliefWeb
English News and Press Release on World and 4 other countries about Contributions, Health and Epidemic; published on 25 Aug 2020 by DFID
World Health Organization (WHO) announces the end of wild polio in Africa, marking a major step towards global eradication of the disease.
UK efforts to stop wild polio in Africa have contributed to the continent being officially declared free from the disease, which can kill or maim children for life.
Today’s announcement by the World Health Organization follows no new wild polio cases being registered across the continent for four years. Wild polio was previously the predominant cause of the…
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