Thread by @WHO

In recent years the number of #polio cases dropped significantly thanks to vaccines:

2013: over 400 cases globally
2018: 33 cases

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There is NO cure for #polio, but vaccines can protect a child for life.
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📷: @UNICEF

@UNICEF @DrTedros @WHOEMRO @WHOAFRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @WHO_Europe @pahowho There is no reason why #polio should persist anywhere in the 🌏🌍🌎.
Delivering life-saving vaccines to every last child has worked in over 200 countries and territories to #EndPolio bit.ly/2WH9Lpb #VaccinesWork

@UNICEF @DrTedros @WHOEMRO @WHOAFRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @WHO_Europe @pahowho The primary underlying challenge in the last mile to #EndPolio is missing children in the delivery of #polio vaccines bit.ly/2WH9Lpb

📷: @gavi

@UNICEF @DrTedros @WHOEMRO @WHOAFRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @WHO_Europe @pahowho @gavi As long as #polio exists anywhere, it’s a threat to children everywhere bit.ly/2WH9Lpb
It's time to #EndPolio!

@UNICEF @DrTedros @WHOEMRO @WHOAFRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @WHO_Europe @pahowho @gavi Eradicating #polio will be one of the greatest achievements in human history. Let's #EndPolio!
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@UNICEF @DrTedros @WHOEMRO @WHOAFRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @WHO_Europe @pahowho @gavi Without #polio eradication efforts, more than 18 million people who are walking🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️🚶🏻today would have been paralyzed by the virus.

We can’t stop now, let’s finish the job! bit.ly/2WH9Lpb #EndPolio

@UNICEF @DrTedros @WHOEMRO @WHOAFRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @WHO_Europe @pahowho @gavi @WHOPakistan @WHOAfghanistan "We are at a critical juncture for #polio eradication. The last mile is the hardest mile. If we succeed, we will give an incredible gift to humanity – a 🌍 in which no child will ever again be paralysed by polio"-@DrTedros bit.ly/2jYrytD #EndPolio

@UNICEF @DrTedros @WHOEMRO @WHOAFRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @WHO_Europe @pahowho @gavi @WHOPakistan @WHOAfghanistan Let's give children a #polio-free future! 👉bit.ly/2jYrytD #EndPolio