Huffington Post: A Remarkable Achievement: 80 Percent of the World Now Polio-Free
Tom Frieden, CDC director

“I’m recently back from New Delhi where I attended meetings on global health security, tuberculosis, and HIV — and very importantly, participated in the World Health Organization’s event to certify Southeast Asia free of polio. … As we continue to eradicate polio nation by nation, it is a victory for the entire world. And when it is done, it will be the ultimate in equity and sustainability because it will be for every single child in the world and it will be forever” (4/21).