domingo, 15 de dezembro de 2024

Africa is on track to be declared polio-free (2019)

 

It has been three years since the continent’s last reported case of the virus. THERE IS NO cure for polio. The virus, which is spread from person to person, attacks the brain and spinal cord, bending children’s limbs into horrific spider-like contortions. It has killed or crippled millions, rich and poor alike (President Franklin D. Roosevelt famously contracted the disease). Luckily, there is good news. Today marks three years since Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, reported a case of the virus (The Economist - 2019)

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