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Monday, 19 January 2026
WHO’s Science in 5
Polio: Almost gone, not finished
Colleagues,
Polio once paralyzed hundreds of thousands of children every year, striking fear into families across the world. Thanks to the global polio eradication efforts, cases have fallen by 99.9% since 1988. But polio is not gone yet.
In this episode of Science in 5, Dr. Jamal Ahmad explains why polio eradication still matters, how close the world truly is to ending this disease forever, and what’s at stake if we don’t finish the job.
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