Polio Eradication: Global Progress and Impact

Since the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) launched in 1988:

  • Endemic countries dropped from 125 to 3 (Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nigeria) by 2018.
  • An estimated 18 million people are walking today who would otherwise have been paralyzed.

Continued effort is needed to achieve full eradication.

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