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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Africa has been declared free of wild poliovirus, four years since a case was last reported on the continent. This marks the eradication of the second virus from the face of the continent since smallpox 40 years ago. The last case of wild poliovirus …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The African continent might be declared free of all three wild poliovirus types- 1, 2 and 3, following progress in Nigeria, the last country to record a case. The Africa Regional Certification Commission(ARCC), an independent body responsible for certifying the eradication of wild poliovirus in …