Maintaining the Region of the Americas free of polio: best practices for incident management support teams

• Main Authors: Carlos A. Emanuele (Author), Anne E. Jean Baptiste (Author), Ana E. Chévez (Author), Mirta Magarinos (Author), Maite V. Antelo (Author), Sonia Arza (Author), Emilia Cain (Author), Gloria Rey-Benito (Author), Martha Velandia-Gonzalez (Author), Daniel Salas (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Pan American Health Organization, 2024-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and its Member States have been leading the efforts to eradicate wild poliovirus in the Region of Americas since smallpox's successful elimination in 1971. The region became the first to be certified free of wild poliovirus in 1994. However, in July 2...