Abstract In 1988, the World Health Assembly passed a resolution to eradicate poliomyelitis,
a disease which was endemic in 125 countries and paralyzed 350,000 children per year …

Abstract The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) aimed to have eliminated polio by
2000, and though the world incidence of the disease has been reduced by over 99%, final …

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Wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) transmission remains endemic in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Outbreaks of paralysis due to circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPVs) occur in …

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 …

Polio cases due to wild virus are reported by only three countries in the world. Poliovirus
type 2 has been globally eradicated and the last detection of poliovirus type 3 dates to …

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 …

In 1988, the World Health Assembly resolved to eradicate poliomyelitis. Wild poliovirus
(WPV) transmission persists in only two countries (Afghanistan and Pakistan) after the …

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) has been making great strides. In 2017, the
number of children reported with paralysis caused by wild-type poliovirus was just 22, and …