Poliomyelitis Eradication - Progress

Progress

International Polio Cases and Countries reporting Cases by Year
includes wild-virus and vaccine-derived cases
(Most recent year shows cases reported to date)
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)
References:

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.

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