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African region declared free of wild polio – Health Europa
The Africa Regional Certification Commission certified the WHO African Region as wild polio-free after four years without a case.
With this historic milestone, five of the six WHO regions representing over 90% of the worlds population are now free of the wild poliovirus, moving the world closer to achieving global polio eradication. Now, only two countries worldwide continue to see wild poliovirus transmission: Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Eradicating polio
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) congratulates the national governments of the 47 countries in the WHO African Region for todays achievement.
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