WHO declares Nigeria Polio-free

Nigeria and the rest of Africa have been declared free from wild polio by the independent body, the Africa Regional Certification Commission, (ARCC). Today is a historic day for Africa. The African Regional Certification Commission for Polio eradication (ARCC) is pleased to announce that the Region has successfully met the certification criteria for wild polio eradication, with no cases of the wild poliovirus reported in the Region for four years, Rose Leke, ARCC Chairperson, said. The ARCCs decision comes after an exhaustive, decades-long process of documentation and analysis of polio…

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