Thanks to a global effort and financial backing - some $19 billion over 30 years - only Afghanistan and Pakistan have recorded cases this year: 87 in total.Poliovirus is typically spread in the faeces of an infected person and is picked up through contaminated water or food.
The last case of polio in Africa was detected in 2016 in Nigeria, where vaccination had been violently opposed by jihadists who claimed it was a plot to sterilise Muslims."This is a momentous milestone for Africa. Now future generations of African children can live free of wild polio," said Matshidiso Moeti, the WHO's regional director for Africa.
"I pay special tribute to the frontline health workers and vaccinators, some of whom lost their lives, for this noble cause."
reardon_shaun Yes! Yes! Yessssssssssss!!!!
Guess there aren’t too many anti-vaxxers in Africa.
Perfect timing WHO just before the big mandatory vaccine push for your biggest funder. Have they eliminated the vaccine derived polio too?
They're taking about wild polio. Like India 'non-polio related acute flaccid paralysis' is now a large problem in Africa. 50,000+ cases in India.
deniseshrivell A good achievement, but way too long between drinks. Humankind last eradicated a disease (smallpox) in 1977 – 43 years ago. The political will has been lacking.
Socialist Broadcasting Service ... any propaganda you like as long as it's extreme left
No more polio because they are not vaccinating against it. Coincidence
A morally bankrupt globalist organisation. Primary funded by Gates, as SBS pushes their vaccine propaganda, for profit. 'Save the children!' Enemy Of The People
Africa needs more than vaccines.
How many are old enough to remember the Children crippled by Polio when we were Children ?
Thanks to the aborted cell vaccine timeline.... Some things are bigger than how you imagine God would react if He was of a black and white mindset. Eliminate aborted cell medicine from your life and you eliminate a lot more than vaccines....
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