| Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) | |
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 .jpg) .jpg) .jpg) .jpg) .jpg) text: GPEI, from top left to right: polio vaccination in India (2002), a morning briefing on how to vaccinate children in Pakistan, polio vaccine in the DRC, polio vaccination in Egypt, polio sequelle, checking for polio vaccination marks in Pakistan, bear in mind the live OPV vaccine taken orally confers protection to unvaccinated but may in rare cases cause vaccine-derived polio if populations are not sufficiently immunized. | |
| Country | Worldwide |
| Launched | 1988 |
| Website | Official website |
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative is an initiative created in 1988, just after the World Health Assembly resolved to eradicate the disease poliomyelitis.[1] Led by the World Health Organization, it is the largest international public health initiative in history.[2]
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- ^ Duintjer Tebbens, Radboud J.; et al. (December 16, 2010). "Economic analysis of the global polio eradication initiative". Vaccine. 29 (2): 334–343. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.10.026. ISSN 0264-410X. PMID 21029809.