In Brief... India Wages War on Polio

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article by Cecil Maranville, Darris McNeely, David Palmer, John Ross Schroeder, Peter Eddington

India is fighting an ancient war in a desert village, not against an armed enemy, but against the scourge of polio.

CNN-India is fighting an ancient war in a desert village, not against an armed enemy, but against the scourge of polio. Cases of polio are reported from almost every district in the country, and an estimated 10 million children have not been immunized, according to the World Health Organization, which has set a goal of eradicating polio in India by 2000. Although the number of new polio cases reported in India has dropped from 4,791 in 1994 to 2,489 in 1997, WHO says a great deal of work remains.

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