The Stop Transmission of Polio program, known as STOP, was developed by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention together with the World Health Organization in 1999, in partnership with UNICEF and Rotary International. It recruits, trains and deploys public health professionals, mostly to countries affected by wild poliovirus transmission, to strengthen surveillance, immunization and outbreak response; between 1999 and 2013 the program identified, trained and deployed more than 1,500 volunteers for over 2,200 assignments across 69 countries, and it has since expanded its scope to measles and rubella elimination and to strengthening routine immunization programs.
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Source cdc.gov: The Global Polio Eradication Initiative Stop Transmission of Polio (STOP) Program (MMWR)
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Source cdc.gov: The Global Polio Eradication Initiative Stop Transmission of Polio (STOP) Program (MMWR)
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1. www.cdc.gov: Stop Transmission of Polio (STOP) Program
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STOP originally stood for "Stop Transmission of Polio." Today, however, the program focuses on a wide range of vaccine-preventable diseases.
cdc.gov: The Global Polio Eradication Initiative Stop Transmission of Polio (STOP) Program (MMWR)
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With the declaration of polio eradication as a programmatic emergency by the World Health Assembly in 2012, the number of STOP volunteers deployed increased from 90-120 per year during 1999-2011 to 287 in 2012 and 371 in 2013 ( Figure ); the number of volunteer person-months in the field per year increased from 273 in 1999 to 1,456 in 2012.
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With the declaration of polio eradication as a programmatic emergency by the World Health Assembly in 2012, the number of STOP volunteers deployed increased from 90-120 per year during 1999-2011 to 287 in 2012 and 371 in 2013 ( Figure ); the number of volunteer person-months in the field per year increased from 273 in 1999 to 1,456 in 2012.
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