The case for global eradication of poliomyelitis

AR Hinman, WH Foege, CA de Quadros… - Bulletin of the World …, 1987 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… In view of this progress, consideration should be given to the … to eradicate poliomyelitis.
Formal-benefit-cost studies of global … campaign to eradicate poliomyelitis from the Americas by …

[PDF][PDF] Progress towards global poliomyelitis eradication, 2000

World Health Organization - Weekly Epidemiological Record …, 2001 - apps.who.int
… status of the global polio eradication initiative, highlighting the dramatic reductions in polio
incidence … immunization, and discussing the remaining challenges that may delay eradication. …

[HTML][HTML] Tracking progress toward polio eradication—worldwide, 2013–2014

KA Porter, OM Diop, CC Burns, RH Tangermann… - MMWR Morb Mortal …, 2015 - cdc.gov
… Global efforts to eradicate polio began in 1988 and have been successful in all but two of …
polio is surveillance for cases of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP), the main symptom of polio, …

[PDF][PDF] Progress towards global poliomyelitis eradication, 1999

World Health Organization - Weekly Epidemiological Record …, 2000 - apps.who.int
… This decrease in confirmed cases from the South-East Asia Region indicates progress in …
Type 2 poliovirus, the first of 3 virus types to be eradicated in the Americas, is on the verge …

Poliomyelitis: historical facts, epidemiology, and current challenges in eradication

MM Mehndiratta, P Mehndiratta… - The …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
… respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Dr Prachi Mehndiratta
did 3 months voluntary service in polio eradication program during her medical graduation. …

Eradicating polio: today's challenges and tomorrow's legacy

RB Aylward - Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
eradication of polio, progress was initially most rapid in the Americas, where the last case of
… Director announces campaign to eradicate poliomyelitis from the Americas by 1990. Bulletin …

[PDF][PDF] Progress Toward Global Eradication of Poliomyelitis, 2001

SH PEOPLETM - cdc.gov
polio eradication efforts include ongoing intense transmission in northern India, continued
importations of wild poliovirus into polio-… This report summarizes global progress in polio eradi…

Eradication versus control for poliomyelitis: an economic analysis

KM Thompson, RJD Tebbens - The Lancet, 2007 - thelancet.com
… whether poliomyelitis eradication is realistic and that “international assistance for polio could
… come for the global strategy for polio to be shifted from ‘eradication’ to ‘effective control.’” …

Global eradication of poliomyelitis: benefit-cost analysis.

KJ Bart, J Foulds, P Patriarca - Bulletin of the World Health …, 1996 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Americas with elimination of wild poliovirus infection. This model demonstrates that the
Poliomyelitis Eradication … In addition, the progress towards such eradication is seen as providing …

The global polio eradication initiative: lessons learned and prospects for success

B Aylward, R Tangermann - Vaccine, 2011 - Elsevier
… Following the rapid progress towards interrupting indigenous wild poliovirus transmission
in the Americas in the early 1980s, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) was launched …