WHO said Horn of Africa is marking one year of being polio-free, following an outbreak of polio in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, and Sudan in 2008-2009. The countries in the region “responded rapidly to the outbreak and returned to their polio-free status.” They join neighbour Somalia, which has now been polio-free for three years, WHO said.

The “Global Polio Eradication Initiative: new strategy” is available at:

http://www.polioeradication.org/content/publications/GPEI.StrategicPlan.2010-2012.ENG.May.2010.pdf