Polio has disappeared in Europe

2002/06/24 Atxotegi Alegria, Uhaina - Elhuyar Zientziaren Komunikazioa

• Medikuntza

This disease can be contaminated by contaminated water, among others. For this reason, in areas with poor hygiene (war countries or concentration camps) and where the polar vaccine does not arrive, there are still many cases. For this reason, Joseph Smith, representative of the polio eradication commission in Europe, stressed that his work has not yet ended.

Those responsible for the European Union, who deal with this disease, say that African and Asian countries, for example, have a large number of inhabitants affected by this disease and that patients in these countries are at risk of infecting Europeans, which makes the polar vaccine essential worldwide. Until 2005 they claim that they must get 275 million dollars for everyone to live protected from poliar disease.

America and the Western Pacific states, in 1994 and 2000, for the second time, that there are no polio cases in those countries.