Ilona Kickbusch, Director of the Global Health Center and an adjunct professor at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Stephen Matlin, a senior fellow at the Global Health Center at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva and Michaela Told, the Executive Director of the Global Health Center at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva reflects over eradication of Polio in today's Project Syndicate.
Why Haven’t We Ended Polio?
BERN, LONDON, GENEVA – October 24, 2016, should be a unique day in the history of polio. If all goes according to plan, it will be the last annual World Polio Day before the disease is eradicated. But now is not the time for celebration or complacency; while we know how to eliminate polio, we have not yet finished the job.
Polio vaccine. Photo: USAID Bangladesh, Wikipeida
Published Oct. 24, 2016 10:20 AM
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