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Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication—European Region, 1998-June 2000
JAMA. 2000;284:824-825.
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MMWR. 2000;49:656-660
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In 1988, the World Health Assembly resolved to eradicate poliomyelitis globally by 2000.1 Substantial progress has been made since 1995, when the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region (EUR), comprising 51 member states (including Israel and the Central Asian Republics), accelerated efforts toward polio eradication.2-4 This report summarizes progress toward polio eradication during 1998-June 2000, and suggests that indigenous transmission of wild poliovirus has been interrupted in EUR.
Routine vaccination coverage
In 1999, 38 EUR countries routinely used oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) for infant vaccination, seven used inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV), and six used sequential IPV-OPV schedules. In 1998, the regional average for coverage with a primary series of polio vaccination by age 1 year was 94% (range: 77%-100%, with 26 countries reporting), compared with 83% in 1993 (range: 45%-100%, with 46 countries reporting); coverage levels in many of the Newly Independent States of the . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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