Key-Points<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nA commission led by Prof. Rose Gana Fomban Leke, has certified that no cases had occurred on the continent for the past four years, the threshold for eradication of poliovirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poliovirus now joins smallpox in the list of viruses that have been wiped out in Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polio is a virus which spreads from person to person, usually through contaminated water. It can lead to paralysis by attacking the nervous system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Two out of three strains of wild polio virus have been eradicated worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More than 95% of Africa’s population has now been immunised. This was one of the conditions that the Africa Regional Certification Commission set before declaring the continent free from wild polio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The vaccination campaign in Nigeria involved a huge effort to reach remote and dangerous places under threat from militant violence and some health workers were killed in the process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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