What is Polio eradication?
'''Polio eradication''' is the permanent elimination of the global spread of the [[poliovirus]] and the [[polio]]myelitis (polio) it causes. Polio eradication began as a [[public health]] effort which began in 1988, led by the [[World Health Organization]] (WHO), the [[UNICEF|United Nations Children's Fund]] (UNICEF) and the [[Rotary Foundation]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = Polio Eradication |url = http://www.globalhealthstrategies.com/issues/polio-eradication|website = Global Health Strategies |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308153348/http://globalhealthstrategies.com/issues/polio-eradication |archive-date=8 March 2016 |access-date = 11 February 2016|url-status=dead }}</ref> These organizations, along with the U.S. [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) and [[The Gates Foundation]], have created the campaign through the [[Global Polio Eradication Initiative]] (GPEI). [[Vaccination]]s have been seen as a key reason why polio ended. [[Nigeria]] is the latest country to have officially stopped endemic transmission of wild poliovirus. [[Afghanistan]] and [[Pakistan]] are the only two countries where the disease is still classified as endemic.<ref>{{cite web | access-date = 17 July 2020 | url = http://polioeradication.org/where-we-work/polio-endemic-countries/ | title = Endemic Countries - GPEI | archive-date = 22 July 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200722124813/http://polioeradication.org/where-we-work/polio-endemic-countries/ | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Poliomyelitis (polio)|url=https://www.who.int/westernpacific/health-topics/poliomyelitis|access-date=2020-08-28|website=www.who.int|language=en|archive-date=28 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728014939/https://www.who.int/westernpacific/health-topics/poliomyelitis|url-status=live}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{med-stub}} [[Category:Medicine]] [[Category:Epidemiology]]