Africa has been declared free from wild polio by health officials. Polio usually affects children under five, sometimes leading to irreversible paralysis. It has now been four years since the last reported case in Nigeria, where a vaccination campaign involved reaching remote and dangerous places under threat from militant violence.
Africa declared free of polio after extensive vaccine campaign
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