<P> In 1988 , the World Health Organization , together with Rotary International , UNICEF , and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention passed the Global Polio Eradication Initiative , with the goal of eradicating polio by the year 2000 . The Initiative was inspired by Rotary International 's 1985 pledge to raise $120 million toward immunising all of the world 's children against the disease . The last case of wild poliovirus poliomyelitis in the Americas was reported in Peru , August 1991 . </P>
<P> In 1988 , the World Health Organization , together with Rotary International , UNICEF , and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention passed the Global Polio Eradication Initiative , with the goal of eradicating polio by the year 2000 . The Initiative was inspired by Rotary International 's 1985 pledge to raise $120 million toward immunising all of the world 's children against the disease . The last case of wild poliovirus poliomyelitis in the Americas was reported in Peru , August 1991 . </P>
when did worldwide efforts to eradicate polio begin
when did worldwide efforts to eradicate polio begin
1988
1988