by India is marking three years since its last reported polio case, a landmark in the global battle against the disease.
It is seen as confirmation of one of India's biggest public health successes, achieved through a massive and sustained immunisation programme.
India's health minister hailed it as a "monumental milestone".
In 2012 the World Health Organisation (WHO) removed India from the list of polio-endemic countries. Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria remain on it.
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2.3 million vaccinators at work, amazing effort.
Unfortunately the 3 remaining reservoirs, Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan remain unlikely to also acheive this goal leaving the possibility of reintroduction into currently Polio free areasas we have seen recently in Egypt.
