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World Service,26 Aug 1997,13 mins

Beating Polio For Good

Health Matters

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Polio and the attempts to finally eradicate it worldwide. Polio is a virus which destroys the cells which controls muscles, sometimes resulting in paralysis. In Uganda polio accounts for 25 per cent of disabled children. A look at whether the WHO is meeting its own target to rid the world of polio via immunisation.

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