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Egypt's battle against polio has been long. But the level of campaigning has been such that we have at last reaped the benefits.

Faten Kamel
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We hope we will be able to announce tomorrow (Wednesday) that Egypt has now been polio-free for a year. That would mean polio is no longer considered to be endemic in Egypt.

Iain Simpson
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We're not talking about polio or smallpox. Those diseases were hard to eradicate. We're talking about nutritional diseases. This should be a no-brainer. Provide access to better food and the disease will go away.

Christopher Wanjek
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The abolition of school fees -- it is critical. But it is a first step. Some people, they look at education and think you can just fix it like you can vaccinate against polio. But it is much more complicated.

Changu Mannathoko
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There will not be a new target set for eradication of polio.

Bruce Aylward
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It would be very hard for polio to gain a foothold here in Middlesex-London.

Graham Pollett
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Polio is not only an issue in Indonesia ... but it's an international issue. That virus, just as it came here from the African continent, could now go from here to a neighboring country and become implanted in that country if protection rates for polio were low.

C. David Heymann
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The planned polio vaccination campaign is an emergency protective measure aiming at rapidly boosting children's immunity against polio.

James Nyikal
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We're not talking about polio. We're not talking about smallpox. Those diseases were hard to eradicate. We're talking about nutritional diseases. This should be a no-brainer. Provide access to better food, and the disease will go away.

Christopher Wanjek
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The polio-eradication initiative has shown the world that even in the poorest countries, widespread and debilitating disease can be defeated.

Patty Stonesifer
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