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Africa free of Wild Poliovirus
August 31 , 2020
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- The African Continent was declared free of wild polio by the independent body, the Africa Regional Certification Commission (ARCC).
- ARCC is responsible for certifying the eradication of wild poliovirus in the World Health Organization (WHO) African Region.
- The last case of wild poliovirus in Africa was detected in 2016 in Nigeria’s Northeastern Borno state.
- The Poliovirus is now found only in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
- India was officially declared polio-free in 2014.
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