UNICEF: "The Final Inch" document polio eradication efforts

NEW YORK, USA, 19 February 2009 Fifty years after the development of an effective vaccine marked the beginning of the end of polio in the developed world, the paralyzing and sometimes fatal disease continues to stalk children in the poorest countries.

So far this year, polio has infected 42 people, most of them in Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Nigeria the four countries where the disease is still endemic. A new film provides an intimate look at efforts to push polio 'The Final Inch' towards eradication in these last pockets of humanity.

Originally conceived by its producers as a documentary about polio eradication efforts worldwide which have reduced reported cases by 99 per cent overall since 1988 'The Final Inch' ultimately focused on India's large and intensive eradication programme.

To read the full story, visit: http://www.unicef.org/health/india_48130.html

Watch a clip from the Oscar-nominated documentary, 'The Final Inch'.

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