title: Progress toward poliomyelitis eradication--Eastern Mediterranean Region, January 2000-September 2001.
abstract: The World Health Assembly resolved to eradicate poliomyelitis in 1988, and the goal of the regional committee for the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) of the World Health Organization (WHO) was to eradicate polio from that region by 2000. This report summarizes EMR polio eradication activity during January 2000-September 2001; poliovirus transmission has been interrupted in 18 of the 23 EMR countries and has become localized in the remaining five. Despite these achievements, the countries of EMR must overcome many challenges to interrupt virus transmission by the end of 2002.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D017589:Immunization Programs; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D019083:Mediterranean Region / Q000453:epidemiology; D011051:Poliomyelitis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017955:Poliovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011055:Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D011055:Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral