India marks 1 year since last polio case

Courtesy Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Health and Fitness  Fri, 01/13/2012 - 02:36

India marks 1 year since last polio case U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius marked the day by administering the oral polio vaccine to children at a maternal health clinic in New Delhi.

India's success in fighting polio has been credited to a partnership between the government, the World Health Organization, UNICEF and Rotary International, whose members have contributed more than $1 billion to the global eradication effort.

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