India and 10 other Asian countries were officially certified by the World Health Organization to be free of polio on Thursday, a milestone lauded as a "momentous victory" over an ancient scourge. The Southeast Asian region, which includes India but excludes Afghanistan and Pakistan, was certified by a panel of experts after the countries went three years without reporting a single new case. The WHO said the certification meant 80 percent of the world's ...
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