Watch polio vanish before your eyes

Oct 12th, 2009 11:46 AM UTC
By Chris Scott

As you know, the Living Proof Project has sought to emphasize the many ways in which US investments in global health are working. Along with a wealth of information detailing a number of global health success stories, the Living Proof Project has also created a few very cool interactive graphics.

I really like this one. It’s an interactive map detailing the vast progress made toward global eradication of polio. Over just the last 20 years, polio has been wiped off large portions of the globe. Click the map below and see for yourself:

TAGS: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Living Proof, ONE, Polio

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