Via BBC News :
" India has "never been closer" to wiping out polio, India's health minister has declared as he marked World Polio Day.
There have been no new cases for more than nine months, making it the longest polio-free period since the global eradication campaign was launched.
The only case reported this year was in the state of West Bengal in January. There were 39 cases reported over a similar period in 2010.
India is one of only four countries in the world where polio is still endemic.
The virus is also prevalent in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria."
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