There will not be a new target for the eradication of polio. Every country in the world could stop polio by the end of 2005 save Nigeria. Basically the world, at the start of 2006, will look at who is late, and work to make that process move faster.
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The Islamic world took a real beating because of what the clerics did in northern Nigeria, ... Islamic countries should be praised for doing so much to bring the spread of polio back under control.Bruce Aylward
It would take a small miracle to get us across the line by the end of 2005 in northern Nigeria, ... Everywhere else could still finish.
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We had a case confirmed yesterday which reaffirms there has been regular exposure of Somalia to the virus, probably from Yemen.
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These are some of the poorest countries with the weakest health indicators in the world. People are pretty cynical when they look at Africa, but these countries have turned it around.
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