Abstract The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) was launched in 1988 with the aim of
completely clearing wild polio viruses by 2000. More than three decades later, the goal has …

Since its launch in 1988, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative has grown into one of the
largest international health efforts in history, operating in every country and area in 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 …

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 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 …

In 1988, the World Health Assembly resolved to eradicate polio globally by 2000. 1 Although
substantial progress towards this objective has been reported from all 6 WHO regions, 20 …

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 …

ABSTRACT The new GPEI Strategic Plan 2010-2012 builds on the special 2009 Programme
of Work andincorporates the myriad lessons learnt since the GPEI began. These lessons …

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 …

Polio close to eradication The WHO Global Polio Eradication Initiative has been highly
successful. With a dramatic decrease in polio since it started in 1988, the number of globally …