Sentences with phrase «polio eradication campaign»

The outbreak in West Africa threatens the momentum of the polio eradication campaign, which cut the number of new polio cases worldwide from an estimated 350,000 in 1988 to only 784 in 2003 and wiped out the disease in the Americas, the Western Pacific region, and Europe.

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Pakistani officials and international groups supporting the polio campaign are still trying to piece together what happened, says Bruce Aylward, who heads the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) at the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerpolio campaign are still trying to piece together what happened, says Bruce Aylward, who heads the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) at the World Health Organization in Geneva, SwitzerPolio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) at the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland.

United Nations Environment Programme Billion Tree Campaign http://www.unep.org/billiontreecampaign Top of page Health Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov Global Polio Eradication Initiative http://www.polioeradication.org Joint United Nations Programme on HIV / AIDS http://www.unaids.org