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{{Health}}The [[World Health Organisation]] (WHO) said earlier today that [[w:polio|polio]] has reemerged in several countries in [[Africa]]. WHO Africa regional director Luis Gomes Sambo made the announcement at the beginning of a [[Zimbabwe]] conference regarding child immunisation.
 
"Several polio-free countries have suffered setback in polio eradication. The number of countries with polio outbreaks following wild poliovirus importations has increased from thirteen to nineteen in 2009," Sambo commented.
 
The countries that have had increases in polio included [[Angola]], [[Chad]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], and [[Chad]]. The WHO attributed the rise mostly to lack of immunisations. The agency estimates that 75% of children on the continent receive vaccines, and has said it will try to raise the number to 85%.▼
▲The countries that have had increases in polio included [[Angola]], [[Chad]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], and [[Chad]]. The WHO attributed the rise mostly to lack of immunisations. The agency estimates that 75% of children on the continent receive vaccines, and has said it will try to raise the number to 85%.
 
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*{{source|url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j6TwzuVopE67K5PJzoCsudf1tw9A|title=Polio on the rise in Africa: WHO|author=|pub=Agence France-Presse|date=December 14, 2009}}
*{{source|url=http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/polio-back-africa|title=Polio back in Africa|author=|pub=Radio Netherlands|date=December 14, 2009}}
 
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