A POLIO FREE WORLD 30 YEARS ON
The Pan American Health Organization PAHO is marking 30 years of the Americas being Certified as wild polio-free.
This landmark occasion coincides with the observance of World polio Day on October 24th.
Polio is a highly contagious disease that can result in permanent paralysis of the limbs.
Although the region has been free from wild polio for
Three decades, there is a risk of the resurgence of this disease if vaccination rates continue to Decline.
