World Health Organization certifies Africa free from
wild Polio
The Africa
Regional Certification Commission (ARCC), an independent body set up
by the World Health Organization (WHO), has certified
the African continent free from wild Polio virus. The
landmark feat related to public health has been achieved by the continent after
decades of work along with international health bodies, national and local
governments, community volunteers and survivors. According to the previous
records, about 75,000 children in Africa were paralysed by polio in year 1996.
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The last case of Polio
was recorded four years ago in the northern Nigeria. In this fight of Africa
with the polio virus, the World Health Organization played a
central coordinating role within the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, and
local leaders working with Unicef, the Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation, Rotary International as well as the US Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention.
Director-general of World Health Organization: Tedros Adhanom.
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