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Health groups put $200M toward polio eradication effort

There were 1,313 cases of polio last year. So far this year, there have been 558 cases. Here is a list of countries that have reported polio this year: India: 258 Nigeria: 247 Angola: 12 Pakistan: 11 Niger: 9 Afghanistan: 8 Chad: 4 Nepal: 3 Democratic Republic of the Congo: 2 Benin: 1 Central African Republic: 1 Ethiopia: 1 Sudan: 1 Note: As of June 10 Source: Global Polio Eradication Initiative Yahoo! Buzz Digg Newsvine Reddit FacebookWhat's this?By Steve Sternberg, USA TODAY