THERE IS good reason to believe that we are on the threshold of eradicating poliomyelitis
from the Americas. There has not been a case of paralysis due to wild poliovirus identified in …

In May 1985, the Director of the Pan American Health Organization, Dr Carlyle Guerra de
Macedo proposed that poliomyelitis be eradicated from the Americas by 1990." This …

In May 1996, in the Region of the Americas, over 4 years had elapsed since the last
confirmed case of paralytic poliomyelitis due to wild polio virus had been detected, on …

In May 1985, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) proposed the goal of
interruption of wild poliovirus transmission in the Western Hemisphere by 1990 (1). This …

WASHINGTON—With the eradication of poliomyelitis throughout the world soon to be
accomplished—although the goal has been moved from 2000 to possibly as late as 2005 …

It is the year 2000, the target date set by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the global
eradication of poliomyelitis. In 1999, there were 7090 cases of polio, and in 1848 of these …

Abstract In May 1985, the Pan American Health Organization launched an initiative to
interrupt indigenous transmission of the wild poliovirus from the Western Hemisphere by the …

Polio infantile paralysis was until recently a greatly feared disease, but is now preventable
by a vaccine, which has largely eradicated it from the Western hemisphere; a global …

As of May 22, an additional case of polio caused by type 1 poliovirus has been reported in
Pennsylvania, bringing to 4 the total number of such cases this year. Two other states have …

This publication is one of a series of practical field guides produced by the Pan American
Health Organization with best practice guidance for immunisation programmes in the region …