With over thirty-one countries reporting various poliovirus outbreaks in 2023, the goal of eradicating polio this year has become evasive.
Last year, the total number of poliomyelitis samples collected in countries with poliovirus transmission was 12,259 from 40 countries, an increase from 2021.
The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) recently shared its decade-long perspective on polio eradication. When the IMB was formed, more than 90% of the burden of paralytic polio worldwide had been reduced.
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