In Africa only Nigeria has four new cases of polio this year. This was according to world health organization WHO, during the world polio day on the 24 of October 2016 and believing this should be the last world polio day. Afghanistan and Pakistan are among the countries having cases of polio. These are the 3 countries still remaining in eradicating polio in the world.
Polio is an infectious disease that has no cure but can be prevented through immunization with effective vaccination. The deadly disease affects mostly children and paralysis them and thereby leaving the victims at the mercy of fate.
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