Since its launch in 1988, the World Health Organization's Global Polio Eradication Initiative
has reduced worldwide polio incidence by> 99%. The most dramatic progress was achieved …

The polio eradication initiative, created after the World Health Assembly resolved, in 1988, to
eradicate poliomyelitis globally by 2000, has made remarkable progress. From 1988 …

Since the launch of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) in 1988, knowledge as to
the nature of circulating polioviruses and the challenges to their interruption has increased …

The poliovirus eradication programme coordinated by the World Health Organization mainly
involves immunization with a live attenuated vaccine. Only six countries—India, Pakistan …

Abstract The Global Polio Eradication Initiative, launched in 1988, is close to achieving its
goal. In 2015, reported cases of wild poliovirus were limited to just two countries …

Outstanding progress has been made towards interrupting transmission of wild poliovirus
globally. The number of polioendemic countries worldwide has fallen from over 125 in 1988 …

The articles in this theme issue of the Bulletin address the complex policies of polio
eradication. The end of wild poliovirus transmission is not the end of the story, as certification …

Since the poliomyelitis eradication program began in 1988, the number of poliovirus infected
continents and countries have decreased from five to two and from greater than 100 to 53 …

In 1988, the World Health Assembly resolved to eradicate poliomyelitis. Subsequently, the
Global Polio Eradication Initiative reduced the global incidence of polio associated with wild …

From the initiation of the global poliomyelitis eradication initiative in 1988 through 2001, the
number of countries where polio is endemic decreased from 125 to 10, and the number of …