World is closer than ever to seeing polio disappear for good

In a “historic achievement for humanity”, two of three wild poliovirus strains have been eliminated worldwide, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Thursday, following the conclusion by a group of experts that WPV3, type three of the disease, has been eradicated completely.
Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news