Global Polio Eradication Initiative

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global health initiative polio eradication program public health partnership vaccination campaign

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative is an international public health partnership aimed at completely eliminating poliomyelitis worldwide through coordinated vaccination and surveillance efforts.

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instanceOf	global health initiative ⓘ polio eradication program ⓘ public health partnership ⓘ vaccination campaign ⓘ
abbreviation	Global Polio Eradication Initiative self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: GPEI
alignedWith	World Health Assembly polio eradication resolutions ⓘ
coordinatedBy	World Health Organization ⓘ
focusesOnDisease	poliomyelitis ⓘ
foundedBy	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ⓘ Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance ⓘ Rotary International ⓘ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ⓘ surface form: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention UNICEF ⓘ surface form: United Nations Children’s Fund World Health Organization ⓘ
fullName	Global Polio Eradication Initiative self-link ⓘ
fundingSource	multilateral organizations ⓘ national governments ⓘ philanthropic foundations ⓘ private donors ⓘ
hasOutcome	interruption of indigenous wild poliovirus transmission in most countries ⓘ over 99 percent reduction in global polio cases since 1988 ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Geneva ⓘ surface form: Geneva, Switzerland
implements	environmental surveillance for poliovirus ⓘ house-to-house vaccination campaigns ⓘ supplementary immunization activities ⓘ
inception	1988 ⓘ
monitors	circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus ⓘ wild poliovirus transmission ⓘ
operatingArea	worldwide ⓘ
partner	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ⓘ Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance ⓘ Rotary International ⓘ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ⓘ surface form: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention UNICEF ⓘ surface form: United Nations Children’s Fund World Health Organization ⓘ civil society organizations ⓘ national governments ⓘ non-governmental organizations ⓘ private sector donors ⓘ
primaryGoal	global eradication of poliomyelitis ⓘ
reportsTo	World Health Assembly ⓘ
strategy	acute flaccid paralysis surveillance ⓘ community engagement ⓘ laboratory-based poliovirus surveillance ⓘ mass immunization campaigns ⓘ outbreak response vaccination ⓘ routine immunization strengthening ⓘ
targetPopulation	children under five years of age ⓘ
usesIntervention	inactivated polio vaccine ⓘ oral polio vaccine ⓘ

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