Monday 6 April 2015

SAARC Health Ministers' Meet to Eradicate Polio

Health Ministers from SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) nations would meet in Delhi on April 8 to discuss on ways to fight against polio in India's neighborhood and minimize the risk of cross country movement of the virus. Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria are the world's only three reservoirs of polio virus. Pakistan recorded 305 new polio cases in 2014 making it the most deadly year for the crippling disease since 2000. The country poses ...

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