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13th January 2014: India Officially Declared Polio-Free

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The World Health Organisation will officially declare India a polio free nation today. No cases of polio have been detected in India in the past three years. India will celebrate its biggest victory on 13th January 2014 of being polio free for three years now. It is the most successful public health story of the decade. World Health Organization's declaration comes as a remarkable achievement for a nation that saw more than one lakh babies crippled every year. Until 2009, India accounted for ...

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