India’s Progress Against Polio

A Little Girl with the Last Case of Polio in India?

On January 13, 2012, India will mark one-year without detecting a single case of wild poliovirus; a major success for polio eradication and for child health.

Rukhsar Khatoon has the last case of polio detected in India, pictured here with her mother Shabida Bibi in Shahapar village, West Bengal.

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