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Progress towards polio eradication: Endemic countries and polio-free countries, 2017

Polio-free (not certified) in yellow refers to the time period after the last case of paralytic polio was recorded and before the WHO region was certified polio-free.

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Source: GPEI (2017)

Note: The country Nauru already eradicated polio in 1910 which explains the starting date of this map. The first "larger" countries' eradication of polio can be seen after 1960.