Global polio eradication campaign
1988–present · Event
From 350,000 cases a year to a handful in two countries: the WHO-Rotary campaign closes in on the second human disease ever to be eradicated.
On these timelines: Pandemics & Plagues, Master, Medicine & Public Health
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