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Sunday, January 19, 2003In 2001, after years of aggressive mass immunizations, there were 239 new cases in the country - down from about 200,000 in the early 1980's. Officials were confident that India could eliminate the disease, as so many countries have, by the end of 2002. Instead, India had 1,509 newly diagnosed cases last year - a vast majority, 1,197, in Uttar Pradesh, the country's most populous state, and one of its poorest. Uttar Pradesh accounted for 68 percent of the polio cases worldwide. It's amazing how much harm a little disinformation can do. posted by Sydney on 1/19/2003 02:45:00 PM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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