Key-Points<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nAs per the WHO, since 1980, the cases of wild poliovirus have decreased by over 99.9 per cent as a result of vaccination efforts made around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
World Polio Day was established by Rotary International over a decade ago to commemorate the birth of Jonas Salk, who led the first team to develop the vaccine against the disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polio is a crippling and potentially deadly disease that affects the nervous system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are three variants of the poliovirus, numbered 1 to 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For a country to be declared polio-free, the wild transmission of all three kinds has to be stopped. For eradication, cases of both wild and vaccine-derived polio infection have to be reduced to zero. India was declared polio-free in January 2014, after three years of zero cases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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