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Taking on Polio
Bill and Melinda Gates talk about their struggle to eliminate the paralysing disease.
Riz Khan Last Modified: 01 Feb 2011 15:05 GMT

The UN eradication programme has brought the world within one per cent of completely wiping out this paralysing disease, but now it is on the rise in some parts of the developing world.

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