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1940s

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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1940s
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1. Wikipedia: World Food Programme
WikipediaWorld Food Programme, lead section
Quote, World Food Programme, lead section
Founded in 1961, WFP is headquartered in Rome and has offices in 87 countries.
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