Monday, February 10, 2014

US GOVERMENT SETS $205 MILLION TO FIGHT POLIO WORLDWIDE

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There is good news from the White House. President Barack Obama signed an omnibus appropriations bill in January that provides $205 million to support polio eradication in 2014, through the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and U. S. Agency for International Development.
The largest government donor to polio eradication, the U.S. has contributed more than $2.3 billion since the mid-1980s, when 125 countries were polio endemic and the disease afflicted 350,000 people annually. According to the latest health statistics, Its now Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria that are most affected with this epidemic but figures further shows that this is on the decline. Lat Month, India which has been on the watch list for a couple of years also clocked three years  without the disease, This is a big milestone in certifying the whole of South East Asia as free of Polio.

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