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STOP Transmission of Polio
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Information about STOP Team assignments (both field and data management) and the qualifications required to apply for a STOP Team.
"Hunting down the polio virus in the last reservoirs on earth..."
Overview
The global effort to eradicate polio is the largest public health initiative in history. The initiative was established in 1988 by the World Health Assembly with the goal of eradicating polio by the year 2000 while strengthening capacity to control other major childhood diseases. Although extraordinary progress has been made to achieve polio eradication by 2000, the initiative was extended to the year 2005. In 2005, the Advisory Committee on Polio Eradication (ACPE) met and agreed on 5 milestones to achieve interruption of polio virus transmission in the next several years. To obtain more information and to get updates about the progress of the initiative worldwide, please visit the Global Polio Eradication Initiative
pages on the World Health Organization's web site.
To meet the target date of polio eradication, the global partners are looking for ways to supplement human resources at the field level. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is therefore seeking short-term, highly qualified, health professionals to join our Stop Transmission of Polio (STOP) Teams for three-month non-salaried field assignments (travel and per diem for food and lodging provided.)
Global Partners
World Health Organization
www.who.org/Rotary International
www.rotary.org/-
UNICEF
www.unicef.org/ - U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Related Web Sites
- End of Polio
www.endofpolio.org - Polio Eradication
www.polioeradication.org - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
www.gatesfoundation.org - United Nations Foundation
www.endpolionow.net - Canadian Public Health Association
www.cpha.ca/programs/ciii/en/index.html - International Federation of Red Cross... (IRFC) program update on the 2003 activities in polio eradication and mealses mortality reduction (Annual Appeal (01.46/2003) - Africa: Measles and Polio Reduction)
www.ifrc.org/where/appeals/allappeals.asp?iYear=0&xFlag=2
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Content last reviewed on August 11, 2004
Content Source: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases