[HTML][HTML] Sailing in uncharted waters: carefully navigating the polio endgame
E Miller, TJ John - PLoS medicine, 2016 - journals.plos.org
E Miller, TJ John
PLoS medicine, 2016•journals.plos.org… In 1988, the World Health Assembly (WHA) passed a historic resolution to eradicate polio by
the year 2000, resulting in the creation of the largest public–private partnership for health—the
Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI). When GPEI was launched, wild polio virus (WPV) was
endemic in 125 countries and resulted annually in the paralysis of more than 350,000 people,
mainly children. By 2000, the number of endemic countries had been reduced to 20, with the
last WPV type 2 case occurring in 1999 [1]. Interruption of transmission of … We are sailing …
the year 2000, resulting in the creation of the largest public–private partnership for health—the
Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI). When GPEI was launched, wild polio virus (WPV) was
endemic in 125 countries and resulted annually in the paralysis of more than 350,000 people,
mainly children. By 2000, the number of endemic countries had been reduced to 20, with the
last WPV type 2 case occurring in 1999 [1]. Interruption of transmission of … We are sailing …
In a Perspective linked to the research article by Isobel Blake and colleagues, Elizabeth Miller and T. Jacob John discuss the path towards global polio eradication and the challenges, strategies, and necessary precautions around oral polio vaccine cessation.
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