By next year the disease might have been wiped out across the entire continent
THERE IS NO cure for polio. The virus, which is spread from person to person, attacks the brain and spinal cord, bending children’s limbs into horrific spider-like contortions. It has killed or crippled millions, rich and poor alike . Luckily, there is good news. Today marks three years since Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, reported a case of the virus. As recently as 2012, the country accounted for more than half of all global polio cases, according to the World Health Organisation .
This milestone was a long time coming. Polio was once endemic in more than 125 countries, where it paralysed 350,000 children every year. But in 1988 the WHO launched an effort to eradicate the disease by vaccinating children en masse. The virus was first eliminated from the rich world: America was declared polio-free in 1979 and Europe in 2002. The developing world has proved more difficult.
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