Milestones Towards the Eradication of Polio
Review all of the milestones on the long road to the eradication of polio, a goal we are close to reaching.
Albert Sabin
Jonas Salk
Dr. Jonas Salk developed the first polio vaccine in 1955, an inactivated vaccine that we still use today.
Albert Sabin
In 1961, Sabin’s live, attenuated polio vaccine replaced Jonas Salk’s inactivated polio vaccine that had been in use since 1955.
Polio Vaccines
The first polio vaccines were licensed in the 1950s and ’60s by Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin and have helped us get close to eradicating polio.