The Economist wrote an article about Rotary's work with Polio, touching upon our successes and the
current challenges we face - a great read!
IT IS a year since the last case of polio was diagnosed in India. That
is not enough to pronounce the country polio-free—three clear years are
the conventional period required for that to happen. But it is a good
start. And if India really is clear, then what was once a global scourge
will now be endemic to a mere three countries: Afghanistan, Nigeria and
Pakistan. The number of people infected, meanwhile, has dropped from
350,000 in 1988 to 650 last year.
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