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  • Title: WHO commemorates its 50th anniversary.
    Journal: EPI Newsl; 1998 Apr; 20(2):1. PubMed ID: 12321493.
    Abstract:
    The World Health Organization (WHO) has helped children worldwide since its creation on April 7, 1948. Among its achievements is the global eradication of smallpox. Protecting children against vaccine-preventable diseases has long been at the forefront of WHO's collaboration with its member states, and it is the organization's area of greatest impact. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has witnessed major improvements in immunization coverage for children under 1 year old for vaccine-preventable diseases, from 25-30% in 1977, to levels above 80% in 1997. In 1991, the Americas became the first region in the world to eradicate poliomyelitis. Following this successful eradication of polio, regional Ministers of Health adopted a resolution in 1994 calling for the eradication of measles transmission from the Americas by 2000. The partnerships established between countries during the period of polio eradication must now be revitalized.
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