Polio eradication
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Polio eradication, the goal of permanent global cessation of circulation of the poliovirus and hence elimination of the poliomyelitis it causes, is the aim of a multinational public health effort begu
A child receives oral polio vaccine during a 2002 campaign to immunize children in India.
Somali boy receiving injection of inactivated polio vaccine (IPV)
Kindergarten children receive a very early oral polio vaccine in 1960 in East Germany.
Polio vaccination in Tehran.
Polio vaccine
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Polio vaccine is a vaccine used to prevent poliomyelitis. Two types are used: an inactivated poliovirus given by injection and a weakened poliovirus given by mouth. The World Health Organization recom
Polio eradication
…twice before, with smallpox in humans and rinderpest in ruminants. Prevention of disease spread is accomplished by vaccination. There are two kinds of polio vaccine—oral polio vaccine (OPV), which uses weakened poliovirus, and inactivated polio vaccine (IPV), which is injected. OPV is less expensive and easier to…
Poliodrops
This 1963 poster featured the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's national symbol of public health, the "Wellbee", encouraging the public to receive an oral polio vaccine.
Doses of oral polio vaccine are added to sugar cubes for use in a 1967 vaccination campaign in Bonn, West Germany
Sabin immunization certificate