13 jan 2012
Experts, however, caution that the fight against the paralysing disease that affects children aged under five is far from over.
"We are extremely happy on meeting this great milestone. The progress is greatly encouraging," Anuradha Gupta, joint secretary in the union health ministry, told IANS.
"We are aware of the risks that still persist. We cannot drop our guard. We need to work hard to make sure that in the next two years India stays polio free, stop indigenous transmission and also importation."
The last new polio case in India was reported Jan 13, 2011, involving a two-year-old girl in West Bengal. In 2010, there were 42 cases, as compared to 741 in 2009, which accounted for nearly half of the world's polio cases. In 1991, there were 6,028 cases and in 1985 it was 150,000.
A year of no polio: India triumphs, but risks remain
India has a reason to smile on the polio front, especially on Jan 13. Not only will it achieve a big milestone of no new cases for a year, there are also indications that the World Health Organisation (WHO) will remove it from its list of polio endemic countries by February.
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"We are extremely happy on meeting this great milestone. The progress is greatly encouraging," Anuradha Gupta, joint secretary in the union health ministry, told IANS.
"We are aware of the risks that still persist. We cannot drop our guard. We need to work hard to make sure that in the next two years India stays polio free, stop indigenous transmission and also importation."
The last new polio case in India was reported Jan 13, 2011, involving a two-year-old girl in West Bengal. In 2010, there were 42 cases, as compared to 741 in 2009, which accounted for nearly half of the world's polio cases. In 1991, there were 6,028 cases and in 1985 it was 150,000.
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