SURVEILLANCE AND CONTROL OF POLIOMYELITIS IN ALEXANDRIA

Abstract

Throughout history, polio had lamed millions of people - most of them young children who had barely learned to walk. Others have died from suffocation after contracting the severest form of polio paralysis, which impedes normal breathing. Today, it is estimated that as many as 10-20 million people of all ages are living with polio paralysis. Since 1988, the World Health Organization has spearheaded global efforts to eradicate the disease by the year 2000.