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The Polio Eradication and Endgame Strategic Plan 2013–2018 aims to interrupt wild polio virus transmission by 2014 and maintain a polio-free world by 2018.
Discusses the challenges Pakistan poses to the WHO's Polio Eradication and Endgame Strategic Plan 2013-2018.
Pakistan's barriers may delay eradication timelines; leaves open whether the 2013–2018 plan can succeed without targeted interventions.
The fight against endemic polio transmission is restricted to three countries: Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Nigeria. In 2012, when the world saw the lowest numbers of cases from polio-reporting countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) initiated a comprehensive strategy, “The Polio Eradication and Endgame Strategic Plan 2013–2018”.1 The plan (as it will be called from this point onwards) aims at: (1) wild polio virus (WPV) interruption by the end of 2014, (2) a strengthened immunization system and cessation of oral polio vaccine (OPV), (3) containment and certification, and (4) the quest for maintenance of a polio-free world by 2018.
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Khan et al. (2015) conducted an editorial in Polio. The Polio Eradication and Endgame Strategic Plan 2013-2018 was evaluated. The Polio Eradication and Endgame Strategic Plan 2013–2018 aims to interrupt wild polio virus transmission by 2014 and maintain a polio-free world by 2018.
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