Eliminating all circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus: a prerequisite to declaring global polio eradication
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DOI: 10.1093/inthealth/ihac068
Abstract: Eradication is an all-or-nothing affair. The aspirational goal set by the World Health Assembly in 1988 of eradicating poliomyelitis by 2000 was not achieved. 1 A 99.9% reduction in cases is a wonderful outcome for… read more here.
Keywords: global polio; circulating vaccine; polio eradication; eradication ... See more keywords
Global polio eradication falters in the final stretch.
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DOI: 10.1126/science.367.6473.14
Abstract: The "endgame" in the campaign to eradicate polio suffered major setbacks in 2019. While the effort lost ground in Afghanistan and Pakistan, an especially alarming situation developed in Africa, where 196 children were paralyzed not… read more here.
Keywords: falters final; eradication falters; polio; polio eradication ... See more keywords