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The Global Polio Eradication Initiative successfully eliminated reports of wild type 2 polio by 1999 and type 3 disease by 2012.
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Highlights the progress of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in eliminating wild type 2 and type 3 polio.
After the triumphant announcement of the eradication of smallpox in 1980 to the World Health Assembly, the WHO soon switched its attention to polio prevention, instigating in 1988 the Global Polio Eradication Initiative—a highly productive public–private partnership between WHO, Rotary International, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, UNICEF, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. By 1999, reports of wild type 2 polio had ceased, while type 3 disease left the world stage in 2012: impressive progress.
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Booy et al. (2016) conducted an editorial in Polio. Global Polio Eradication Initiative was evaluated. The Global Polio Eradication Initiative successfully eliminated reports of wild type 2 polio by 1999 and type 3 disease by 2012.
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