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News & Views: Nigeria celebrates one year without a single polio case
Posted on July 29, 2015 by Katherine Malanson | Categories: ID Final Project, Infectious Disease | | Add comment |

Rotary International

Health officials in Nigeria are celebrating an impressive milestone: The country has gone one year without a single case of polio. The world is now one step closer to making polio the second human infectious disease – after smallpox – to be eradicated with an effective vaccination campaign.

Read more at iflscience.com.