World polio day

The world Poliotag (English World Polio Day ) is held annually on October 28 committed.

history

The World Health Organization (WHO) first launched Action and Remembrance Day in 1988. The background for the day is the WHO's worldwide campaign to eradicate polio Global polio eradication initiative (GPEI).

The date was chosen because the developer of the first polio vaccine , Jonas Salk , was born on that day.

Actions

On World Polio Day 2013, the Robert Koch Institute drew attention to the fact that there were increasing setbacks in the fight against the disease worldwide. Above all, the countries in the Horn of Africa, Israel and Syria are currently in the spotlight because there have recently been increasing cases of illness. The virus is still present in Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan.

Web links

Global polio eradication initiative - website of the polio eradication initiative
WHO page on World Polio Day 2016 - (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Sabine Dietrich, Reinhard Burger: "Eradication is possible". Together against polio . In: FAZ. October 21, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
^ Robert Koch Institute (Ed.): Epidemiological Bulletin . No. 43/2013 . Page 437, 437. October 28, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
^ Sabine Dietrich, Reinhard Burger: Evidence of wild polio viruses in Israel: Reason for vigilance . In: Deutsches Ärzteblatt. 2013; 110 (42): A-1968 / B-1738 / C-1701. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
↑ Booster vaccination desired! . Interview with Reinhard Burger, Robert Koch Institute. In: local time. Deutschlandradio Kultur. October 28, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
↑ World Polio Day - October 24, 2013 ( Memento of the original from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2 archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Events worldwide mark World Polio Day, as efforts to eradicate the disease intensify . In: Global polio eradication initiative. October 24, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2013.

[faz-2013-1] Sabine Dietrich, Reinhard Burger: "Eradication is possible". Together against polio . In: FAZ. October 21, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2013.

[2] Robert Koch Institute (Ed.): Epidemiological Bulletin . No. 43/2013 . Page 437, 437. October 28, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2013.

[3] Sabine Dietrich, Reinhard Burger: Evidence of wild polio viruses in Israel: Reason for vigilance . In: Deutsches Ärzteblatt. 2013; 110 (42): A-1968 / B-1738 / C-1701. Retrieved October 28, 2013.

[4] Booster vaccination desired! . Interview with Reinhard Burger, Robert Koch Institute. In: local time. Deutschlandradio Kultur. October 28, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2013.

[5] World Polio Day - October 24, 2013 ( Memento of the original from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2 archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Events worldwide mark World Polio Day, as efforts to eradicate the disease intensify . In: Global polio eradication initiative. October 24, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2013.