WHO officially removed India “from the list of countries with active transmission of endemic polio, leaving only three countries which have never stopped indigenous wild poliovirus transmission: Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan. India is no longer polio-endemic.” The official announcement was made at the Polio Summit 2012 in New Delhi. A letter written by WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan and delivered to the Indian Government on the morning of the Polio Summit confirmed the news. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh confirmed India’s commitment “to continuing to protect its children from possible re-importations of the poliovirus and to strengthening its routine immunization programme.” The Prime Minister noted that India’s success proved the viability of global polio eradication: “This gives us hope that we can finally eradicate polio not only from India but from the face of the entire mother earth.” The announcement was made “amidst thundering applause and a standing ovation by the 1400-plus participants from across the world, and India’s Health Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad, said: “We have won the battle but the war is not yet over. Let us today rededicate ourselves and resolve that we will continue our efforts with the same vigour, so that India can be declared (certified) polio-free by 2014.”

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