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Africa Nears Eradication of Polio

One month after quelling its deadly Ebola outbreak, Nigeria stands poised to make another public health triumph—the near-eradication of polio. Since 2012, when the World Health Organization declared the crippling infectious disease a “global health emergency,” the West African country (the last center of polio on the continent) has overhauled its strategies for combating the scourge.

 

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