When I was seven months old, my Mother and Daddy noticed my runny nose and how much I was falling when I was trying to hold onto furniture and pull myself up. By the time the tests were completed, I couldn’t stand at all.

John Nanni, as most people who contract polio do, got it as a baby, just one year before the vaccine became widely available.

Ann Lee Hussey is a polio survivor and a veterinary technician who travels the world leading other volunteers on trips to vaccinate children against polio.

Ina Pinkney was infected in 1944, during World War II, more than a decade before the Salk Vaccine became available, stemming the annual summer epidemics that paralyzed communities almost like it paralyzed children.

Travel with Patience Asiimwe to a remote region of Uganda to vaccinate children who otherwise would be missed. See how far she will go to make sure every child in her country is protected from polio.

A PBS, WHYY interview with Daniel J. Wilson, PhD

Anand Balachandran, former Coordinator Polio Transition, speaks to the GPEI about ensuring the infrastructure built up to eradicate polio will continue to benefit broader public health goals, long after the disease has been eradicated.