More Resources Needed To Complete Polio Eradication, GPEI Spokesperson Says On World Day

Arab News: World Polio Day: What needs to be done to rid the world of the disease forever
“…As World Polio Day is marked across the globe on Wednesday, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) said while the disease is at the lowest-ever levels — being 99 percent on the way to being a polio-free world — unless more resources are mobilized to immunize children, save lives, and protect communities, the disease could come ‘roaring back across the world’…” (Bell, 10/24).

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