A huge milestone in global public health: the World Health Organization has officially declared Africa wild poliovirus-free. UNICEF is resuming immunization campaigns disrupted by COVID-19 worldwide — including in Pakistan and Afghanistan, the only remaining polio-endemic countries.
and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation — have worked together to end polio worldwide. Since 1988, polio cases have decreased by 99.9 percent. With the African region's wild polio-free certification, five of the six WHO regions — representing more than 90 percent of the world's population — are now free of the wild poliovirus.Africa's victory over wild poliovirus represents significant progress, but while polio exists anywhere it remains a threat everywhere.
A child’s finger is marked after he is vaccinated against polio. UNICEF-supported vaccinators went door-to-door in his neighborhood of Kart-e-Naw, a suburb of Kabul, Afghanistan.“These life-saving vaccinations are critical if children are to avoid yet another health emergency,” said Jean Gough, UNICEF Regional Director for South Asia.
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