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Wiping polio out of this world would eradicate so much tragedy

Principal Secretary for Health Dr. Khadijah Kassachon administers the polio drug to young children during the National launch of polio vaccination held in Gilgil Nakuru County in 2015 [Boniface Thuku, Standard]

On the outskirts of Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe, just beyond where paved roads transition to dirt, an undiagnosed polio infection paralysed a three-year-old girl. From one day to the next, the child’s life was changed forever.

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