The World Health Organisation (WHO) also praised recent progress in the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, where for the first time there were no cases of the most virulent polio viral type recorded for four months in a row. Polio vaccination campaigns have been a challenge in both countries. Muslim leaders initially discouraged vaccinations as they were suspicious of their purposes. The WHO estimates that the number of new polio cases around the world fell to 56 in 2010, a 75 percent drop from the same period last year.
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