
WHO: Afghanistan, Pakistan Close to Eradicating Polio
Ayaz Gul VOA News July 31, 2023 ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan and Pakistan have reported a very small number of polio infections in their region this year, fueling expectations the neighboring countries could be just months away from interrupting the endemic transmission of the crippling virus. Pakistani authorities have reported a three-year-old child with paralytic polio, the