Global Polio Eradication Initiative Videos

This article from Science challenges a previous editorial from the magazine, "Eradicating Polio," which celebrated the fact that only 70 wild poliovirus cases had been reported in 2015 and lauded the World Health Organization for leading the charge. While the reduction in wild poliovirus cases represents a major public health accomplishment, Agol argues that by ignoring the vaccine-derived poliovirus cases, the public is getting a one-sided view of a complex issue. The vaccine-derived virus can…

This case describes key elements of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative's (GPEI) campaign in India. It particularly focuses on the challenges faced in eliminating polio from the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. Throughout the 1990s, India began implementing coordinated national polio immunization days to supplement routine immunization in health clinics in an effort to eliminate polio from the nation. The case provides contextual information about India and Uttar Pradesh as well as polio and polio…

This article from the Journal of Infectious Diseases examines the Stop Transmission of Polio (STOP) program which was created to provide human resource and technical assistance in eradicating polio. It was developed in collaboration with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and World Health Organization (WHO). STOP aided in strengthening disease surveillance and outbreak response. Lessons learned from the development and implementation of the STOP program may inform other successful global development…