Polio on the Rise in Africa: WHO

Polio has reemerged in several African countries where it had once been eradicated, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced Monday.  Most resurgences were due, the WHO said, to a lack of childhood immunizations.  Approximately 74 percent of African children recieve routine vaccinations, but coverage of at least 85 percent is needed.

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