The importance of maintaining high coverage polio vaccination beyond global eradication of wild type poliomyelitis

T Hovi; S Wassilak

doi:10.2807/esw.08.04.02372-en

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The importance of maintaining high coverage polio vaccination beyond global eradication of wild type poliomyelitis
T Hovi , S Wassilak
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Citation style for this article: Hovi T, Wassilak S. The importance of maintaining high coverage polio vaccination beyond global eradication of wild type poliomyelitis. Euro Surveill. 2004;8(4):pii=2372. https://doi.org/10.2807/esw.08.04.02372-en

Abstract

In 1988, the World Health Assembly established the goal of eradication of poliomyelitis by 2000. At the time, there were approximately 350 000 cases in 125 countries