An End to Polio in India

An End to Polio in India

India has been a huge contributor in the pass of being a hotbed for spreading polio to other countries suck as China. Thankfully the last case of polio found in India was three years ago. This is mostly due to the World Health Organization learning from their mistakes and the financial support of the government. India counts as a third of the world’s meals deaths. Public health is at a low in India and the spending to help support health is one of the lowest in the world. Surprisingly, the government decided to step up and covered 95 % coverage when it came to polio. The success that India has had with efforts to help create routine vaccinations for polio has become the blue print for other large health campaigns. This campaign was largely successful because they began to learn from their failures. Another large contributing factor was that government decided to step in and spend more money on supporting this cause. The World Health Organization also played a huge role in this effort and its success. They would go door to door making sure vaccines were available and marking those who were vaccinated receive a small mark under their nail so that the health workers knew they had received their vaccination. This is a huge and exciting moment in our history. India is not only one of the most populated countries in the world but they are also one of the poorest and most prone to disease. If other countries look at how India is handling this preventative health measure. And learning from their past mistakes, then we might be able to drastically stop the spread of infection and disease globally.

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