WHO says that these measures are necessary to prevent escape of the virus from the laboratories. Meanwhile, the WHO Polio Eradication Program, which has plans to eliminate the disease by the year 2000, is running short of funds. New Rotavirus Vaccine Cost Beneficial . CDC has reported that a mass vaccination program against rotaviruses, the most common cause of infant and childhood diarrhea around the world would prevent more than a million cases each year, avoid 95,000 emergency room consultations, and 34,000 hospitalizations in the US alone. Public Health Snapshots Western Hemisphere Completes Sixth Year Without Reported Cases of Poliomyelitis .
Progress continues towards the global eradication of poliomyelitis.
The most successful effort has been in the Americas, where cases have been reported since 1991. The New World is the only Region in which endemic poliomyelitis transmission has been interrupted. All rights reserved.