India marks first year without new polio cases
With the march against polio continuing, India has marked a significant, and unprecedented, milestone with no new polio cases reported for one year. The World Health Organisation says major challenges still lie ahead before India can be declared completely polio-free but in a year when there were outbreaks in central Asian countries and Russia, this is a great accomplishment.
Richard Lindell (published by ABC news) delves into this major achievement for the eradication of Polio with this story.