World Polio Day
•To end polio, we must stop transmission of the virus in the three countries where it remains endemic:
•Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Pakistan.
•We must also keep all other countries polio-free until we're certain it won't resurface. Up to 60 high-risk countries still operate large-scale immunization campaigns to protect children against polio.
•The goal of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative is to complete the eradication and containment of all:
•- Wild polio viruses
•- Vaccine-related polio viruses
•- Sabin polio viruses,
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•So that no child ever again suffers paralytic poliomyelitis