World Polio Day is observed every year on 24 October to commemorate the birth of Jonas Salk, the American virologist who helped create the world’s first safe and effective polio vaccine.
Salk’s vaccine was invented in 1955 but it was with the establishment of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) in 1988 by the World Health Organization
polio has been successfully eradicated from most parts of the world, including India which achieved polio eradication in 2014.
Monday 26 October 2020
World Polio Day
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