Global Polio Eradication Initiative
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative is an initiative created in 1988, just after the World Health Assembly resolved to eradicate the disease poliomyelitis. Led by the World Health Organization, it is the largest international public health initiative in history.
| Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) | |
|---|---|
text: GPEI, from top left to right: polio vaccination in India (2002), a morning briefing on how to vaccinate children in Pakistan, polio vaccine in the DRC, polio vaccination in Egypt, polio sequelle, checking for polio vaccination marks in Pakistan, bear in mind the live virus drops taken orally cause polio and reestablish the virus in the wild. | |
| Country | Worldwide |
| Launched | 1988 |
| Website | Official website |
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