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My younger brother had polio as a child, so I remember the sufferings and trials brought to our family in those days. It's a horrible disease and hopefully it can be eradicated from the whole world!
The last child paralyzed by polio got sick exactly one year ago this week. India's success was due to a more effective vaccine and creative ways of finding high-risk children. Read the full story http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethinking-healthcare/a-polio-free-india/7788...
The last child paralyzed by polio in India got sick on January 13, 2011, and surveillance for wild polioviruses in sewage has not turned up the pathogen in more than a year. Her name is Rukhsar Khatoon, pictured here, and she lives in Shahapar village, West Bengal.
