DE QUADROS, CIRO A. MD, MPH; ANDRUS, JON KIM MD; OLIVÉ, JEAN-MARC MD, MPH;
DA SILVEIRA, CLAUDIO M. MD, MSCI; EIKHOF, ROXANE M. MS; CARRASCO, PETER BS …

… This article examines progress achieved toward polio eradication, discusses remaining
challenges to … issues to be addressed as part of the “end game” of polio eradication. PROGRESS …

… global polio eradication efforts. Thanks to its elevated intestinal immunogenic characteristic
and its ease of administration, OPV use made it possible to eradicate polio in the Americas …

… on polio eradication in the Americas published in 1976 – 2017. The results included PAHO
and … resolutions and progress reports; published papers on polio eradication in the Americas; …

… Committee (ICC) to launch the campaign to eradicate poliomyelitis in the Americas, they
did so on the basis of a … Progress towards the global eradication of poliomyelitis. Status of …

… The last case of paralytic poliomyelitis recognized in the Americas occurred in Peru in 1991,
the last one in the Pacific Region was reported in Cambodia in 1997 and the last one in the …

Eradication of Polioin the Americas Page 1 Eradication of Polioin the Americas THERE IS
good reason to believe that we are on the threshold of eradicating poliomyelitis from the …

… in the Americas, the goal of global polio eradication was launched. Coordinated by the Global
… of the art” in the progress and obstacles from 1985 to 2020 for achieving polio eradication. …

… North America, following which polio became a … poliomyelitis cases increased gradually.
Beginning in 1955, the creation of poliovirus vaccines led to a stepwise reduction in poliomyelitis…

… in the Americas, incorporating the net effect of the strategy of polio eradication on the …
is less than a 5% chance that eradication has not occurred given that there have occurred at …