Polio Eradication Initiative: Strategy
Developed with polio eradication partner organizations such as WHO, UNICEF, Rotary International, and the Child Survival Collaborations and Resources (CORE) Group of NGOs, USAID’s strategy focuses on:
- Building collaborative and cooperative partnerships
- Strengthening and improving health systems
- Supporting polio immunization campaigns and supplemental immunizations
- Developing integrated surveillance approaches and establishing networks of surveillance officers who investigate all reported cases of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) in children
- Improving and expanding data collection and dissemination
Progress and Plan to Eradicate Polio, 1998-2010
![Chart with the number of reported cases from 1988 through 2005 - 1988: 35251, 1989: 26500, 1990: 24000, 1991: 13500, 1992: 15000, 1993: 11000, 1994: 8500, 1995: 7000, 1996: 4074, 1997: 5185, 1998: 6349, 1999: 7142, 2000: 719, 2001: 483, 2002: 1918, 2003: 784, 2004: 1255, 2005: 1906. Source: WHO](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081015210738im_/http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/global_health/mch/images/polio_chart06.gif) |
Source: World Health Organization as of February 8, 2006. |
Program Overview
Interventions and Achievements
Lessons Learned
Steps to Ending Poliovirus Transmission
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