World Health Organisation To Declare Global Polio Emergency -- The Telegraph
The World Health Organisation is expected this week to declare polio a global health emergency as it battles complacency in an attempt to eradicate the deadly virus forever.
This year has seen a decline in cases but health officials say they have only half the funding they need to wipe out the disease in its last three remaining havens — Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria.
Sona Bari, spokeswoman for the polio eradication programme at the World Health Organisation, said the world faced a “now or never” moment.
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My Comment: I do not see how it will be possible to eradicate polio in Afghanistan and Pakistan .... especially when aid workers are targeted by islamic extremists.
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