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<title>Our World in Data - Polio</title>
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<updated>2024-05-27T08:01:04.000Z</updated>
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    <title>New polio vaccines are key to preventing outbreaks and achieving eradication</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/new-polio-vaccines-are-key-to-preventing-outbreaks-and-achieving-eradication</id>
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    <published>2024-05-27T08:01:04.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Saloni Dattani</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[To reach the goal of polio eradication, we can use new vaccines to contain outbreaks and improve testing, outbreak responses, and sanitation.<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/new-polio-vaccines-are-key-to-preventing-outbreaks-and-achieving-eradication"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/10f0ab5d-61f4-499e-6b5d-deea75bc0f00/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
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    <title>Testing rates for polio have rebounded after a drop amid the COVID-19 pandemic</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/testing-rates-for-polio-have-rebounded-after-a-drop-amid-the-covid-19-pandemic</id>
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    <published>2024-05-09T07:00:29.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Saloni Dattani</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/testing-rates-for-polio-have-rebounded-after-a-drop-amid-the-covid-19-pandemic"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/05f6443c-b79f-4596-9832-c6da2369b000/w=608"/></a>]]></summary>
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    <title>The global eradication of polio is within reach</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/the-global-eradication-of-polio-is-within-reach</id>
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    <published>2024-05-01T06:57:15.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Fiona Spooner</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/the-global-eradication-of-polio-is-within-reach"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/6c1a3f82-f4f7-4359-2f6d-d2b12c89f500/w=608"/></a>]]></summary>
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    <title>The global fight against polio — how far have we come?</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/global-fight-polio</id>
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    <published>2024-02-19T13:15:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Max Roser</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[A generation ago, polio paralyzed hundreds of thousands of children every year. Many countries have eliminated the disease, and our generation has the chance to eradicate it.<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/global-fight-polio"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/97e73b69-38dd-46f5-cb59-986ebee5a800/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
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    <title>We need more testing to eradicate polio worldwide</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/polio-testing</id>
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    <published>2022-06-09T10:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Saloni Dattani</name></author><author><name>Fiona Spooner</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The world is close to eradicating polio, but has been set back in the last few years. To achieve the goal of global eradication, it's crucial to improve testing.<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/polio-testing"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/20ec53f2-273a-4b49-837e-7b42bb2f0500/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
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    <title>Estimation of the number of paralytic polio cases by region</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/estimating-total-global-paralytic-polio-cases</id>
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    <published>2022-04-20T09:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Saloni Dattani</name></author><author><name>Fiona Spooner</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Only a fraction of all polio cases are reported. Here we apply a method by Tebbens et al. (2010) to estimate the actual number of global polio cases.<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/estimating-total-global-paralytic-polio-cases"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/7fb7f821-4827-40f6-4a4f-04cea787eb00/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
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<entry>
    <title>Polio</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/polio</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/polio"/>
    <published>2022-04-01T14:24:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Saloni Dattani</name></author><author><name>Fiona Spooner</name></author><author><name>Sophie Ochmann</name></author><author><name>Max Roser</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The world has made great progress against polio and two out of three types of wild poliovirus have been eradicated. This page presents global data and research on polio and the remaining challenges in eradicating the disease.<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/polio"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/cd4eef09-ed03-4fb5-a1b1-4c9865353900/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
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