Freida Pinto : World Health Organization on Thursday is proclaiming India to be polio free . India had half the world 's new cases in 2009 , and 200,000 in the 1980s . Pinto : The WHO says that by 2020 it expects India's total number of reported cases will have dropped from about 1 million a year ago to less than 100,000. Truly , this worldwide effort should serve as a reminder that when the global community bands together to solve an issue , great things can be achieved . Pinto : Committed people , volunteers , communities and cooperation bring real change .
Freida Pinto : World Health Organization on Thursday is proclaiming India to be polio free . India had half the world 's new cases in 2009 , and 200,000 in the 1980s . Pinto : The WHO says that by 2020 it expects India's total number of reported cases will have dropped from about 1 million a year ago to less than 100,000. Pinto : Committed people , volunteers , communities and cooperation bring real change .