Has polio really been eradicated in Africa? – Pledge Times

AFP announced on August 28 that polio had resurfaced in Sudan after being declared “eradicated in Africa” three days earlier. If wild polioviruses have indeed disappeared from the continent, viruses derived from vaccine strain continue to circulate.“This day is written in golden letters in the history of Africa” said August 25 Rose Gana Fomban Leke. On that day, the president of the African Polio Eradication Certification Commission (ARCC) announced the disappearance of wild poliovirus on the co…

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