This report measures progress achieved against the stated milestones of the Global Polio
Eradication Initiative Strategic Plan 2004-2008, for the year 2005. In 2005, following two of …

Captured in the pages of this supplement of the Journal of Infectious Diseases is a glimpse
of the tremendous progress that has occurred since the global polio eradication initiative …

Background Investments in national immunization programs and the Global Polio
Eradication Initiative (GPEI) have resulted in substantial reductions in paralytic polio …

Published by AAAS the world had eradicated smallpox, and there seemed to be no
overwhelming scientific obstacles to wiping out polio as well. The virus is spread from …

Highlights•2012 had the lowest number of polio cases in the lowest number of
countries.•Outbreaks of vaccine-derived poliovirus have increased and are mostly due to …

Introduction Over the last 20 years (2000-2019) the partners of the Global Polio Eradication
Initiative (GPEI) invested in the development and application of mathematical models of …

While seven years have passed since 2000, the target set for the eradication of polio,
success remains elusive. In 2006, despite coordinated international efforts, there was no …

In the second decade following the aspired to eradication date, persisting polio cases
continue to challenge the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. The problem is that 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 …

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 …