NEW DELHI: The World Health Organization reports that for the first time in history, India has been without a single case of polio for one year. WHO says this momentous achievement boosts its global campaign to wipe polio off the face of the earth.
WHO says an entire year has passed in which no child in India has been paralyzed by polio. The last case recorded was that of a two-year-old girl in the state of West Bengal on January 13, 2011.
WHO calls this achievement particularly significant, as India always has been considered the toughest place on earth to stop the polio virus. This is due to a combination of factors, including a poor health system and a large migrant community, compounded by high population density and poor sanitation.
Sona Bari is external relations officer for WHO’s Global Polio Eradication Initiative. She welcomed this milestone, but noted it is not the end of the road for India. Rather, she said, it is the start of a process.
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