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World Polio Day 2024 - October 24

October 29 , 2024 2 days 71 0
  • The Day was established by the Rotary International to commemorate the birth of Jonas Salk.
  • Jonas Salk led the first team to develop the vaccine against the disease in the 1950s.
  • In 1955, he created the Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine.
  • In 1962, Albert Sabin created the Oral Polio Vaccine.
  • OPV is being used exclusively in India since 1978.
  • In 1988, WHO committed to eradicate the poliovirus, at the time, there were around 3,50,000 cases worldwide.

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