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Fears of a revival [1]

Uttar Pradesh and Bihar frustrate India's efforts at polio eradication after a missed WHO deadline.

LAST year the country recorded the least number of cases of the wild polio virus (WPV): 66 cases in 35 districts nationwide, the majority of which are in two pockets in Western Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. The number was 134 the previous year in 43 districts.

Publication Date: 
18/05/2006
Frontline (Chennai) [2]
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh [3], Bihar [4], Polio [5], WHO [6]

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