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India Taken Off WHO List Of Polio Endemic Countries
"India was taken off a list of polio endemic countries by the World Health Organization on Saturday, marking a massive victory for health workers battling the crippling disease" and "leav[ing] just three countries with endemic polio -- Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria," Agence France-Presse reports (2/26). "Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said the WHO removed India from the list after the country passed one year without registering any new cases," the Associated Press/CBS News writes, adding, "India must pass another two years without new cases to be declared polio-free" (2/27).
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