The Final Inch in Polio Eradication

Four million people are currently working to eradicate Polio in India today. Twenty million have served in the Polio-eradication army around the world. It’s been called the greatest peacetime mobilization in human history. In 1988, there were 350,000 cases in 125 countries. Today, there are 1,500 cases in 4 countries — and the vast majority are concentrated in the poorest parts of India and Nigeria. The Final Inch, a new HBO film, gets inside the houses and mosques, where the disease is being wiped out one child at a time. If you don’t have time to watch the film, check out this short slideshow created by photo journalist Richard Wainwright.