World Polio Day is marked on October 24
A world free from polio became tantalisingly close, thanks to humanitarian efforts driven by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) and its charitable partners. Global conflicts, mass migration and vaccine hesitancy driven by misinformation channelled through social media has seen a resurgence in polio, plunging the futures of millions of children into doubt.
Dr. Arif Khan, a paediatric neurologist at Fakeeh University Hospital in Dubai, worked in India in the late 1990s and recalled treating young patients affected by the virus. “Because of good vaccination programmes, the chain of spread was blocked and in 1988 there were close to 350,000 cases worldwide, and that has come down to just a few numbers now,” he said.
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