Africa was declared free of wild polio in 2020. But now the disease is back with the detection of a case in a young child in Malawi. Aiden O’Leary, director for polio eradication at the World Health Organization, talks with The World’s Marco Werman about the setback and latest strategies to battle the disease.
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