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One year since last case of polio in Syria

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16 January 2015 – January 21 will mark a year since the last case of polio was reported in Syria. This significant milestone is thanks to a tremendous effort by all those involved in outbreak response since the first case was confirmed in October 2013. Before this outbreak, Syria had not seen an endemic case of wild poliovirus since 1999.

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