Polio will soon be history.
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When the Global Polio Eradication Initiative was launched in 1988, there were more than 350 000 cases a year in more than 125 countries. In 2003, there were just 784 cases. This year will be critical for the initiative led by WHO, Rotary International, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and UNICEF. If vaccination campaigns can immunize all children in Afghanistan, India, Nigeria and Pakistan, where the disease remains endemic, polio will be history within a few years.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Bulletin of the World Health Organization
دوره 85 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007