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In 1988, the forty-first World Health Assembly, consisting then of delegates from 166 Member States, adopted a resolution for the worldwide eradication of polio. It marked the launch of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, spearheaded by WHO, Rotary International, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). This followed the certification of the eradication of smallpox in 1980, progress during the 1980s towards elimination of the poliovirus in the Americas, and Rotary International's commitment to raise funds to protect all children from the disease.
Overall, since the Global Polio Eradication Initiative was launched, the number of cases has fallen by over 99%. In 2012, only three countries in the world remain polio-endemic. Persistent pockets of polio transmission in northern Nigeria and along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan are key epidemiological challenges.
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Polio vaccine inventor?
Years before Jonas Salk's work, Dr. Albert Sabin developed a polio vaccine using live virus. The Sabin vaccine was used for 18 years before the government recommended using the Salk vaccine, exclusively.
What is anti polio vaccine?
a vaccine that stops you getting polio!
What type of vaccine is polio vaccine?
To protect against polio.
Who formulated the oral polio vaccine?
Albert Sabin founded the oral polio vaccine and the vaccine was licensed in 1962.
Why was polio vaccine invented?
To prevent polio.
What was the polio vaccine used for?
to pervented polio
To whom is pulse polio vaccine given?
The pulse polio vaccine is given to small children.
Who came up with the polio vaccine?
Jonas Salk came up with the first injectable polio vaccine, followed by Albert Sabin who came up with the first oral polio vaccine.
What is a Sabin vaccine?
A Sabin vaccine is a polio vaccine, taken orally.
What is a good title for vaccines for polio?
The polio vaccine is called the Salk vaccine after it was invented by Dr Jonas Salk.
Why would a vaccine against polio not protect against chickenpox?
A vaccine for polio is specifically for polio and not for chickenpox. No more than trying to say that a hamburger is a salad.
What is the polio vaccine called?
Poliomyelitis Vaccine. I don't think they're are any other names to it than that and the "Polio Vaccine" It can be done by OPV (Oral Polio Vaccine) or through inoculation (Dead Polio Virus is injected into your body). This immunization is known to have side effects.
