11.   Although polio has been eradicated in the West and most developed Asian nations, it is widespread in South Asia where countries have the worst healthcare systems.

12.   Bangladesh is trying to eradicate polio by giving free oral vaccines to children twice a year.

13.   But it is certainly not in a position that requires a retreat from efforts to eradicate polio and prevent HIV infections.

14.   Cambodia announced Thursday that it has eradicated polio, becoming the last country in the Western Pacific region to get rid of the disease.

15.   China has virtually eradicated polio, with only one new case announced over the past several years.

16.   --Forty-three nations are expected to eradicate polio by next year.

17.   Polio has been eradicated from the Western Hemisphere and much of Asia.

18.   Racaniello long has argued that the effort to eradicate polio cannot end when the wild virus has been eliminated.

19.   Shalala credited Nakajima with making contributions to the fight against new and re-emerging diseases and to the battle to eradicate polio and eliminate leprosy.

20.   Six thousand workers fanning out across the country, vaccines in hand, hope their beleaguered nation will not be the last to eradicate polio as well.