Polio makes a comeback in the Philippines 19 years after the country was declared free ...
(WorldNews Health)

The Philippines has reported its first case of polio since it was declared free of the childhood disease 19 years ago, dealing a blow to the campaign to eradicate it. The country`s department of health said the disease was `re-emerging,` with a case confirmed in a 3-year-old girl from Lanao del Sur, on the southern island of Mindanao, and a suspected case awaiting confirmation. The World Health Organization said it was `very concerned` at the re-emergence of the disease in the country; UNICEF described it as `deeply disconcerting.` A global campaign to eradicate polio was launched in 1998 and cases due to the wild poliovirus have decreased by more than 99% since then, from an estimated...