… We review here WHO strategies for the eradication of polio, record the progress … eradication
of polio in the Americas, the progress achieved in China, and the emergence of polio-free …

… of recent eradication efforts. In this article, we summarize the history of polio eradication
activities in Pakistan from 1994 to 2013, describe the recent progress made through …

… 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 …

… by the Global Polio Laboratory Network (GPLN) (2). This report assesses the quality of polio
… For the Americas, adequate specimen is one specimen collected within 14 days of paralysis …

… made in light of dramatic progress by the Pan American Health Organization toward achieving
the goal of eradicating wild polioviruses (WPVs) indigenous to the Americas by 1990, a …

… 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 …

… Several factors made it possible for the Region ofthe Americas to progress toward the goal
of poliomyelitis eradication. These included the very high level of political commitment of the …

… progress achieved in the Americas, the World Health Assembly proposed the goal of global
polio eradication … paralytic poliomyelitis due to wild poliovirus was a critical component of the …

… progress made toward eradication through the end of 1993. We examined the information
about poliomyelitis … By comparison the age group used in the Americas by the Pan American …

… the developed countries of North America and western Europe, … , but had apparently ceased
in central America, Brazil, Mexico and … By 1999, the only known reservoir for wild type 2 polio…