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Horn of Africa Polio Outbreak Thwarts Global Eradication Effort


Horn of Africa Polio Outbreak Thwarts Global Eradication Effort
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The global community came tantalizing close earlier this year to ridding the world of polio. But then in May, the eradication effort took a powerful blow. The virus turned up again in the Horn of Africa, first in Somalia. VOA’s Mary Alice Salinas looks at what happened and what is being done to wipe out polio once and for all.

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