Polio cases drops by 99.9% says WHO
The World Health Organisation has said that the global efforts has achieved a more than 99.9 per cent decrease in polio cases since 1988.
The WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, … [read more]
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