Polio eradication target may not be met

  • 14/07/1998

  • Pioneer (New Delhi)

WHO : The year 2000 target for total eradication of poliomyelitis will not be met unless sufficient resources are mobilised on a timely basis, warn World Health Organisation(WHO) officials. "We badly need the second wind to finish on time. Only a handful of polio-endemic countries are left in the world," says Dr Bruce Aylward, in charge of the WHO Global Polio Eradication Initiative.