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WOMAN: Half a world away,
CDC is helping India develop a strong public health system.
CDC plays a leading role in polio eradication in India
and around the world.
Polio is highly contagious.
Invading the nervous system,
it can cause paralysis in just a few hours.
DR. JAFARI: India has been the largest polio virus reservoir
in the world for thousands of years.
And it has been a major exporter of polio virus
to many countries around the world.
These are the hot spots for polio.
These are the places where polio virus, measles virus,
and other infectious diseases thrive,
given the open sewage systems,
the density of the population,
high birth rate.
Here, infectious diseases take root,
spread, and then they're only a flight away
from getting into the United States.
So controlling these diseases right here at the source
is the best way to protect these children,
as well as the rest of the world.