July 24th marks the day Nigeria has passed one year with no new cases of the wild polio virus. This is the longest the country has ever gone without a case of polio. If all continues to go well, the World Health Organization may be able to remove Nigeria from the list of polio-endemic nations in September of this year. But, we must keep up the effort! Afghanistan and Pakistan remain threats. The Global Polio Eradication Initiative estimates it will take $305.7 million from 2016-2018 to complete the task in Pakistan alone…
This week, we will hear from Salem native and former House Representative Vicki Berger.
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