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Era (Launch Year)

Era launch year places a public health program in the year it actually began. Wikipedia records the Global Polio Eradication Initiative as "an initiative created in 1988, just after the World Health Assembly resolved to eradicate the disease poliomyelitis." Browsing by launch year traces how organized disease-fighting campaigns have grown over time.

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Era of Emergence
1955 1
Era (Launch Year)
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1. Wikipedia: Global Malaria Eradication Programme
Wikipedia contributors, Wikimedia FoundationMalaria, Eradication efforts section, malaria control framing
Quote, Malaria, Eradication efforts section, malaria control framing
There have been two major global malaria eradication efforts: the first, led by the World Health Organization between 1955 and 1969, and the second, initiated by the United Nations in the 21st century through the Millennium and Sustainable Development Goals.
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