In 1988, the World Health Assembly resolved to eradicate poliomyelitis globally by 2000 (1).
Substantial progress toward this goal has been reported from all six World Health …

WASHINGTON—With the eradication of poliomyelitis throughout the world soon to be
accomplished—although the goal has been moved from 2000 to possibly as late as 2005 …

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In September 2011, the 61ST Session of the Regional Committee
for Africa urged all member states where poliovirus continued to circulate or was newly …

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

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 …

Despite increased efforts and spending toward polio eradication, it has yet to be eliminated
worldwide. We aimed to project economic costs of polio eradication compared to permanent …

The global polio eradication initiative, launched following the 1988 World Health Assembly
resolution to eradicate poliomyelitis worldwide, has made remarkable progress. From 1988 …

This is a significant revision of the existing Standard Operating Procedures necessitated by
recent advances in outbreak response, principally the Emergency Use Listing of novel oral …

Abstract Although the Global Polio Eradication Initiative has been largely successful in
elimination of polio from various parts of the world, sporadic local outbreaks in non‐endemic …

Since the 1988 World Health Assembly resolution to eradicate poliomyelitis, the number of
polio-endemic countries has decreased from 125 in 1988 to six in 2003 (ie, Afghanistan …