Choosing the Right Path toward Polio Eradication Continued circulation of wild and
attenuated polioviruses suggests that our eradication campaign needs reevaluation. Long …

Routine and mass administration of oral polio vaccine (OPV) since 1961 has prevented
many millions of cases of paralytic poliomyelitis. The public health value of this inexpensive …

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 …

1988, the World Health Assembly committed to eradicate poliomyelitis, a viral disease that
can cause permanent paralysis. Today, only type 1 of the three wild poliovirus types remains …

The polio eradication initiative is in its final phase and new tools have been developed to
ensure its completion, including monovalent type 1 and 3 oral poliovirus vaccines (OPVs) …

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 …

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Objectives. We assessed the costs, risks, and benefits of possible future major policy
decisions on vaccination, surveillance, response plans, and containment following global …

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