Polio Eradication Response

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2011 | December 2 – Present

On December 2, 2011, former CDC Director Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH, activated CDC’s Emergency Operations Center to strengthen the agency’s partnership engagement through the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI).

The GPEI is committed to completing the eradication of polio.

aa child taking oral polio vaccine