Today, the WHO European Region marks 10 years since it was certified free of poliomyelitis (polio). Stopping transmission of indigenous wild poliovirus in the 53 countries in the Region was a landmark in the effort to eradicate polio globally, and helped accelerate international momentum towards that goal.
Certification followed years of intensive effort by Member States, supported by a public-private coalition of WHO, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Rotary International and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Thus, countries demonstrated the value of large, internationally coordinated vaccination campaigns and of special efforts to reach traditionally juehczcxpys kfoqng, sxtw zi pjzhggzm vt isgjim.
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Certification followed years of intensive effort by Member States, supported by a public-private coalition of WHO, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Rotary International and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Thus, countries demonstrated the value of large, internationally coordinated vaccination campaigns and of special efforts to reach traditionally juehczcxpys kfoqng, sxtw zi pjzhggzm vt isgjim.
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