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Photo of the Day: A Little Girl with the Last Case of Polio in India

August 07, 2012

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

Rukhsar Khatoon had the last case of polio detected in India, pictured here with her mother Shabida Bibi in Shahapar village, West Bengal. (West Bengal, India, 2011)

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

 
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