Drops of life

A Sikh boy receives polio vaccination drops from a medical volunteer during an immunisation drive outside the Golden Temple in Amritsar yesterday.

The number of polio cases worldwide reached a record low in 2012, giving experts confidence that the disease can finally be eradicated, according to presentations made in November 2012 at a major conference in the US.

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