Polio Campaign, 1963

Title

Polio Campaign, 1963

Description

In 1961, oral polio vaccine (OPV) was invented by Dr Albert Sabin and introduced in the US. Sabin’s strategy was to give trivalent OPV to all children under five (two doses spaced 4-6 weeks apart). From 1963, the US was using OPV in mass polio campaigns and by 1979 transmission was stopped.

Creator

CDC/ Mary Hilpertshauser

Date

1963

Source

https://media.historyofvaccines.org/images/000340_540.jpg

Relation

Link: Wikipedia

Rights

Source: Kul Gautam. (n.d.). A History of Global Polio Eradication. Unicef. Retrieved Oct 15, 2012, from http://www.unicef.org/immunization/files/the_history_of_polio.pdf

Publisher

CDC

Contributor

CDC/ Mary Hilpertshauser

Format

Medium: Poster

Language

English

Type

Campaign

Identifier

OPV, Polio, Health, Public Health, Albert Sabin, Campaign

Coverage

United States

Files

Polio_vaccine_poster.jpg

Reference

CDC/ Mary Hilpertshauser, Polio Campaign, 1963, CDC, 1963

Cite As

CDC/ Mary Hilpertshauser, “Polio Campaign, 1963,” Virtual Museum of Public Service, accessed April 19, 2024, https://vmps.omeka.net/items/show/220.