On the day India was feted by the World Health Organization (WHO) for seeing three polio-free years, Iraq spoke of an associated case with polio re-tainting, its first in 14 years.

A troubling update that being without polio was only some piece of the fight - the test was in remaining as such, particularly since neighboring Pakistan, plus Nigeria and Afghanistan are as of now reporting instances of polio.

Nations are powerless until polio is destroyed all around, says WHO's Poonam Khetrapal Singh, adding that India will need to proceed with its routine vaccination program, with observation and crisis reaction having noteworthy impact in getting and handling conceivable episodes of re-spoiling.

Being without polio is an immense development, however it is not the end of the story, says Singh, who heads the 11-nation South East Asian district that has likewise gotten to be without polio emulating India's accomplishment.

The re-contamination reported in Iraq appears to be like that in Syria seen months prior, and conceivably of Pakistani-beginning, says Sona Bari, WHO agent on worldwide polio annihilation. In addition, Iraq and Syria, Jordan is of extraordinary concern, she says, including that clash and insecurity keeps kids from being inoculated, prompting "awful" occurrences of the infection.