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December 30, 2014PEDIATRICS

Eradicating Polio: How the World’s Pediatricians Can Help Stop This Crippling Illness Forever

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Global population targeted for polio eradication

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WOWalter A. Orenstein

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Overview

Informs pediatric polio vaccine planning; leaves open prospective data on eradication feasibility and logistics.

Structured PICO

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Population
Global population targeted for polio eradication
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Intervention
Shift from trivalent oral polio vaccine (OPV) to bivalent OPV (containing types 1 and 3 poliovirus only) and introduction of trivalent inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) into routine immunization programs
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Outcome
Global eradication of polio by 2018

The report outlines the strategic shift from trivalent OPV to bivalent OPV and the introduction of IPV to achieve global polio eradication.

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Walter A. Orenstein (2014) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a90729997989fa0aa8a415dhttps://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2014-3163
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