Pakistan polio outbreak 'will probably be fixed next year', says WHO official

From Global development | The Guardian Tue Nov 25 2014, 15:06:52

Despite new cases setting back the effort to eradicate polio, health officials believe the crisis will be brought under control in 2015

International health officials in Pakistan believe they can resolve the country's polio crisis in the coming year, despite the number of cases of the crippling disease soaring to their highest level in 14 years.

So far this year, 262 cases have been detected in the country, including in Swat, an area that had been free of polio for five years.

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