India marked a year since its last new case of polio, a major milestone in a country once considered the epicenter of the disease and one that gives hope of eradicating the scourge worldwide. The country had 150,000 polio cases in 1985, but a huge government campaign backed by donor money has led the number of infections to plummet -- into double figures in 2010 and finally zero in the last 12 months.
A young Indian girl is given her first polio vaccination at a health camp organized by the Rotary Club in conjunction with UNICEF and the WHO, in Moradabad, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. India will celebrate a full year since its last reported case of polio on Friday, a major victory in a global eradication effort that appeared to be stalled just a few years ago. If no previously undisclosed cases of the crippling disease are discovered across the country, India will no longer be considered to be polio endemic, leaving only Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria on that list. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
In this Sunday Jan. 23, 2011 photograph, Sanjana Shoba, a polio vaccinator, administers polio vaccine to a child in Tilkeshwar village, some 200 kilometers from Patna, India. India will celebrate a full year since its last reported case of polio on Friday Jan. 13, 2012, a major victory in a global eradication effort that appeared to be stalled just a few years ago. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
A child is administered polio drops by a mobile unit during an anti-polio drive in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012. India marked a full year since its last reported case of polio on Friday, Jan. 13. The milestone is seen as a major victory in the global effort to eradicate the crippling disease. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
A child is administered polio drops at his home by a mobile unit during an anti-polio drive in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012. India marked a full year since its last reported case of polio on Friday, Jan. 13. The milestone is seen as a major victory in the global effort to eradicate the crippling disease. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
In this Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012 photo, plastic supports used for making braces for polio affected patients lie at an orthopedic workshop run by non-government organization Delhi Council for Child Welfare in New Delhi, India. India will celebrate the one-year anniversary Friday since its last reported case of polio, a major victory in a global eradication effort that had appeared interminably stalled just a few years ago. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)
In this Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012 photo, polio affected Usman, right, is checked by Dr. Kishore Pratap Sanyal at an out patient department clinic run by non-government organization Delhi Council for Child Welfare in New Delhi, India. India will celebrate the one-year anniversary Friday since its last reported case of polio, a major victory in a global eradication effort that had appeared interminably stalled just a few years ago. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)
A child is administered polio drops at his home by a mobile unit during an anti-polio drive in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012. India marked a full year since its last reported case of polio on Friday, Jan. 13. The milestone is seen as a major victory in the global effort to eradicate the crippling disease. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
A polio affected man returns after taking a dip at the confluence of the Ganges river and the Bay of Bengal at Sagar Island, south of Kolkata, January 13, 2012. India is about to hit a milestone in its battle to eradicate the polio virus with no new cases reported in the past year, the country's health minister said on Thursday, a dramatic drop from being the country worst affected by the crippling disease. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri
In this Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012 photo, Noor Mohammad, severely affected by polio in 2009, crawls outside his home at Ganeshpur in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. India is marking a full year since its last reported case of polio on Friday. The milestone is seen as a major victory in the global effort to eradicate the crippling disease. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
In this Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012 photo, an infant is given her first polio vaccination at a health camp organized by the Rotary Club in conjunction with UNICEF and the WHO, in Moradabad, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. India is marking a full year since its last reported case of polio on Friday. The milestone is seen as a major victory in the global effort to eradicate the crippling disease. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
Credit to : http://news.yahoo.com
No comments:
Post a Comment
Please leave your comments