As the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) strategizes towards the final steps of
eradication, routine immunization schedules evolve, and high-quality vaccination …

Since the launch of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), paralytic cases associated
with wild poliovirus (WPV) have fallen from∼ 350,000 in 1988 to 22 in 2017. WPV type 2 …

After the World Health Assembly resolved in 1988 to eradicate wild poliovirus (WPV)
transmission globally by 2000, dramatic progress in reducing polio cases and increasing the …

Since the launch of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) in 1988, the number of
polio endemic countries has declined from 125 to 3 in 2013. Despite this remarkable …

After over two decades of immense efforts, the global polio eradication initiative may be
approaching its final phase. With leadership from WHO, great efforts of national programs …

Abstract The Global Commission for the Certification of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis
certified the eradication of type 2 poliovirus in September 2015, making type 2 poliovirus the …

Since it was initiated in 1988, the GPEI has grown to be the largest international health effort
in history (Aylward & Linkins, 2005). It has advanced considerably towards the goal of polio …

Abstract The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) established its Independent
Monitoring Board (IMB) in 2010 to monitor and guide its progress toward stopping polio …

Final frontiers of the polio eradication endgame : Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases Final
frontiers of the polio eradication endgame : Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases Log in or …

Executive summary Alarmed that polio remained entrenched in the four countries that had
never stopped transmission1, and that an increasing number of polio-free areas were …