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Rukhsar Khatoon, the last person in India to contract polio, hangs on the handle of a tube well in Shahpara Village, 60 kilometers (40 miles) west of Kolkata, India, Thursday, March 27, 2014. In India, the scourge of polio ends with Khatoon, a lively 4-year-old girl who contracted the disease when she was a baby after her parents forgot to get her vaccinated. On Thursday, after three years with no new cases, the World Health Organization formally declared India polio-free. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

Rukhsar Khatoon, the last person in India to contract polio, hangs on the handle of a tube well in Shahpara Village, 60 kilometers (40 miles) west of Kolkata, India, Thursday, March 27, 2014. In India, the scourge of polio ends with Khatoon, a lively 4-year-old girl who contracted the disease when she was a baby after her parents forgot to get her vaccinated. On Thursday, after three years with no new cases, the World Health Organization formally declared India polio-free. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

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