‘Let's Finish the Job’ and End Polio: WHO

‘Let’s finish the job’ and end polio: WHO

In 1988, the international community united under the World Health Organization’s (WHO) leadership with the goal of eradicating polio. World Polio Day, falling on 24 October, raises awareness about the progress made and challenges that remain to end its spread. Polio can invade the nervous system and cause paralysis, most often in children. Cases down, […]

‘Let's finish the job’ and end polio: WHO

Thirty-five years ago, polio, a highly infectious viral disease, paralysed around 350,000 children per year. Following a UN-led international push, that number is now less than 50.