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child receives an injection during the vaccination campaign against measles, rubella and polio in Uganda Source: AAP

An independent commission has declared the entire African continent free from the wild polio virus, meaning the disease will only be endemic in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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An independent commission has declared the entire African continent free from the wild polio virus, meaning the disease will only be endemic in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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