Experts weigh giving up on killing polio
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070301/ap_on_he_me/polio_problems"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070226/capt.asvz10602261435.central_african_republic_darfur_spillover__asvz106.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=6uatKj.KXKflsX0P_52t8g--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="A child awaiting to be treated for polio cries in the town of Birao, the small sun-blasted capital of Vakaga, a region held for a month by rebels until late 2006, Central African Republic, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007. Central African Republic has struggled for more than a year to contain a homegrown low-intensity rebellion in the northwest. Now, a new insurgency in the northeast near Sudan's Darfur region has compounded this fragile nation's troubles and displaced tens of thousands of people. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)" border="0" /></a>AP - Nearly 20 years ago, the World Health Organization and its partners launched an ambitious program to eradicate polio by the end of the millennium. That deadline passed and another was missed in 2005 — and polio still strikes about 2,000 people a year, mostly children.</p><br clear="all"/>