All I'm seeing is a Ghanaian newspaper article saying "Africa can now be declared a polio-free continent", not that the declaration *has* been made. Can you clarify, @WHOAFRO? @UNICEFAfrica @UNICEFpolio
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Doesn't look like it's certified yet, or could be before 2019. ".. most recent wild poliovirus was detected in AFR in 2016 in Borno state, in Nigeria. Therefore, the earliest the region would be eligible for regional certification would be in 2019."http://www.afro.who.int/health-topics/polio/polio-certification …
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So only the Middle East is left, right? Let's hope they can get rid of polio too to completely eradicate it once and for all.
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WHO has declared no cases, not a polio-free Africa. I’d love to get there, but caution is needed especially in certain areashttps://twitter.com/whoafro/status/984443669896990720?s=21 …
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