Reuters.com INTERVIEW-New vaccines spur progress in global polio fight http://www.reuters.com/article/homepageCrisis/idUSL24674234._CH_.2400
Mon Aug 27, 2007 By Laura MacInnis GENEVA, Aug 27 (Reuters) - New vaccines have sharply reduced the number of children paralysed by polio and raised hopes that a $5 billion campaign to wipe it out may be close to success, a top public health official said in an interview. About 404 people worldwide -- mainly young children -- have suffered paralysis from polio since the start of 2007, less than half the 1,017 new cases reported at the same point in 2006, according to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. http://www.reuters.com/article/homepageCrisis/idUSL24674234._CH_.2400
