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Frequently Used Numbers for Polio Eradication:

Polio cases in 1988: 350,000 (1,000 per day)
Polio cases in 2005: 1,950
Polio endemic countries: four (the lowest ever number)
Per cent reduction in global cases since 1988: 99 per cent
Countries re-infected by Nigerian polio: 18 (including 15 in Africa and then Indonesia, Yemen and Saudia Arabia)
Countries re-infected since 2003: 21 (including Angola, Bangladesh & Nepal infected from India)
Reinfected countries with cases in 06: six (Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Somalia, Nepal & Yemen)
Most recently removed from endemic list: Egypt & Niger (January 2006)
Children saved from paralysis by PEI: five million
Total OPV supplied for PEI: 10 billion doses (lower end estimate by Supply Division)
Kids immunized against polio since 88: 2 billion
Kids immunized against polio in 05: 400 million
Cost of eradication effort to date: US $4 billion
Volunteers involved in PEI to date: 20 million (including Rotary International)

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