Polio eradication from India
Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are true?
1 India was declared polio-free by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2014 after no case was detected since 2011.
2. It made entire Asia Polio free- Published on 30 Oct 15a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both
d. None
ANSWER: Only 1
- It made the entire southeast region polio free.
- In 2014, only 3 countries Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan remain polio-endemic.
- India’s offered help on polio eradication which has been accepted by Afghanistan, but Pakistan is yet to communicate its decision.
- Most of last year's cases of Polio were in conflict areas like Somalia and Syria, where polio had previously been eradicated.
