India "polio-free" amid rise in acute flaccid paralysis cases | Vaccination Information Network

India "polio-free" amid rise in acute flaccid paralysis cases | Vaccination Information Network:

 Government, in its rush to get polio-free certification, has ignored increasing cases of similar ailments, say activists

Vidya Krishnan

Jan 13 2014

New Delhi: India will on Monday be accorded “polio-free” status by the World Health Organization (WHO), with not a single case of the crippling disease being reported in the past three years, but studies show the alarming rise of another similar paralytic condition that experts suspect may be a result of increased dosage of polio drops.

 

India to get polio-free status amid rise in acute flaccid paralysis cases