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The article isn't clear, but I'd guess from the small outbreak in 2016 after being Polio-free in 2014/15 that the concern is that polio still isn't completely e
by mhandley 9y ago
The article isn't clear, but I'd guess from the small outbreak in 2016 after being Polio-free in 2014/15 that the concern is that polio still isn't completely eliminated in Nigeria. Presumably it will need ongoing monitoring for several more years to ensure it is completely gone. Having to pay back the debt could jeopardise that ongong effort. In which case, this seems a good investment.
- rincebrain 9y agoA 3y interval without cases in any member countries is what's required for the WHO to call a region "polio-free". [1] [1] - http://www.searo.who.int/immunization/topics/polio/eradication/sea-polio-free/en/ http://www.searo.who.int/immunization/topics/polio/eradicati...