{"id":17797,"date":"2020-08-27T05:23:47","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T05:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=17797"},"modified":"2020-08-27T05:23:47","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T05:23:47","slug":"polio-officially-eradicated-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=17797","title":{"rendered":"Polio Officially Eradicated in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"News_list_rdr art\">\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<h3>Latest Infectious Disease News<\/h3>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Chronic coughing can be a sign of a cold or a more serious disease making it a symptom you shouldn't ignore.\" class=\"healthday_image\" height=\"340\" itemprop=\"Image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.medicinenet.com\/images\/mobile\/hp_promo\/vaccine-5.jpg\" width=\"340\"\/><\/div>\n<p>WEDNESDAY, Aug. 26, 2020 &#8212; An effort that began in 1996 has led to the eradication of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicinenet.com\/polio_facts\/article.htm\" onclick=\"wmdTrack('embd-lnk');\" rel=\"dt\">polio<\/a> in Africa, according to the World Health Organization.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign by governments and nonprofits delivered nearly 9 billion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicinenet.com\/polio_facts\/article.htm\" rel=\"dt\" onclick=\"wmdTrack('embd-lnk');\">polio<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicinenet.com\/immunizations\/article.htm\" onclick=\"wmdTrack('embd-lnk');\" rel=\"proc\">vaccines<\/a>, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a livestreamed event on Tuesday, <i>CNN<\/i> reported.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The end of wild polio in Africa is a great day,&#8221; said Tedros, who chairs the polio oversight board. &#8220;Your success is the success of the world. 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