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Time series of estimated cases of paralytic polio averted by the World Health Organization Global Polio Eradication Initiative

With the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), 105 countries received support for surveillance, childhood immunizations, and campaigns to control outbreaks. (Sources: Thompson KM, Kalkowska DA. An updated economic analysis of the global polio eradication initiative. Risk Anal 2021b;41[2]:393-406. Dattani S, Spooner F, Ochmann S, Roser M. Polio. Published online at OurWorldInData.org 2017, last revised 2022. Retrieved from: https://ourworldindata.org/polio. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License [CC BY 4.0], https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0.)

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  • Aseptic meningitis
  • Bulbar polio
  • Bulbospinal polio
  • Infantile paralysis
  • Nonparalytic polio
  • Paralytic polio
  • Polioencephalitis
  • Post-polio progressive muscular atrophy
  • Post-polio syndrome
  • Spinal paralytic polio