Yemen free from Polio: WHO declares

CAIRO, May 14 (Saba) - Regional office of World Health Organization
(WHO) in Cairo declared on Wednesday that Yemen is officially free
from Polio.

WHO said that the declaration came after the WHO's Regional
Certification Committee studying the documents presented by
Certification Committee of Yemen and accepted their contents. That
is followed by declaring Yemen is free from polio.

Minister of Public Health and Population Abdul Karim Rase'a revealed
to Saba that this great accomplishment came as a result of a lot of
efforts exerted by Yemen in the previous years through launching
more than nine anti-polio immunization campaigns.

He also hailed positive role played by various media outlets on
their support for the government efforts in this regard.

NN/AF