Progress
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includes wild-virus and vaccine-derived cases (Most recent year shows cases reported to date) |
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| Year | Estimated | Recorded | Countries |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | — | 49,293 | |
| 1980 | 400,000 | 52,552 | |
| 1985 | — | 38,637 | |
| 1988 | 350,000 | 35,251 | |
| 1990 | — | 23,484 | |
| 1993 | 100,000 | 10,487 | |
| 1995 | — | 7,035 | |
| 1996 | — | 4,074 | |
| 1997 | — | 5,185 | |
| 1998 | — | 6,349 | |
| 1999 | — | 7,141 | |
| 2000 | — | 2,971 | |
| 2001 | — | 496 | 19 |
| 2002 | — | 1,922 | 10 |
| 2003 | — | 784 | 15 |
| 2004 | — | 1,257 | 19 |
| 2005 | — | 2,030 | 18 |
| 2006 | — | 2,022 | 19 |
| 2007 | — | 1,387 | 12 |
| 2008 | — | 1,732 | 19 |
| 2009 | — | 1,783 | 25 |
| 2010 | — | 1,413 | 22 |
| 2011 | — | 716 | 19 |
| 2012 | — | 291 | 9 |
| 2013 | — | (41) | (5) |
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Following the widespread use of poliovirus vaccine in the mid-1950s, the incidence of poliomyelitis declined rapidly in many industrialized countries. Czechoslovakia became the first country in the world to scientifically demonstrate nationwide eradication of poliomyelitis in 1960. In 1962—just one year after Sabin's oral polio vaccine (OPV) was licensed in most industrialized countries—Cuba began using the oral vaccine in a series of nationwide polio campaigns. The early success of these mass vaccination campaigns suggested that polioviruses could be globally eradicated. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), under the leadership of Ciro de Quadros, launched an initiative to eradicate polio from the Americas in 1985.
Much of the work towards eradication was documented by Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado, as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, in the book The End of Polio: Global Effort to End a Disease.
Read more about this topic: Poliomyelitis Eradication
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