IN 1988 A world emboldened by the eradication of smallpox set its cross-hairs on polio. The aim was to enter the new millennium without this crippling virus. But the battle drags on. On November 30th an emergency committee on the global spread of polio, appointed by the World Health Organisation (WHO), delivered its latest verdict. Eliminating polio has become what Michel Zaffran, director of polio eradication at the WHO, calls a "dual emergency". The first is the stalled progress on wiping out ...
IN 1988 A world emboldened by the eradication of smallpox set its cross-hairs on polio. The aim was to enter the new millennium without this crippling virus. But the battle drags on. On November 30th an emergency committee on the global spread of polio, appointed by the World Health Organisation (WHO), delivered its latest verdict. Eliminating polio has become what Michel Zaffran, director of polio eradication at the WHO, calls a "dual emergency". The first is the stalled progress on wiping out ...
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