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Africa celebrates one year without polio

Director of Medical Services Nicholas Muraguri administers polio vaccine to a child during launch of the national campaign in Gilgil Nakuru County on 1, Aug 2015. (Photo: Boniface Thuku/Standard)

Africa has marked one year since the last case of recorded polio, with the United Nations celebrating Wednesday a key step towards eradicating the disease.

The last recorded case on the continent was in Somalia on August 11, 2014, although health officials must wait two more years before declaring the continent free from the highly infectious, crippling virus.

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