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Another $1 Billion Needed to Wipe Out Polio - WHO
February 27, 2007
By Laura MacInnis
Another $1 billion and at least two more years are needed to rid the world of polio, a top World Health Organisation (WHO) official said.
The disease, that can cause permanent paralysis in children, retains a hold in parts of India, Nigeria, Afghanistan and Pakistan, the only countries that have so far failed to stop its spread through vaccinations.
Each of the four reported an increase in infections last year, raising the global total slightly to 1,985, from 1,979 a year before, and further eluding success in the nearly 20-year drive to wipe out the virus.
© Reuters Foundation 2002
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contributed by Winnie Mutch on 27 February 2007
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