Nigeria: No longer polio endemic, a ‘historic achievement’ in global health
by Staff from Outbreak News Today on (#NR4P)
On Friday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that Nigeria, one of the three remaining polio endemic countries on the globe, has interrupted transmission of wild poliovirus and is no longer polio endemic. The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), the public-private partnership leading the effort to eradicate polio, called this a 'historic achievement' in global health. ["]
