Conquering the Crippler: CANADA AND THE ERADICATION OF POLIO/Pour invalider la polio: LE CANADA ET L'ÉRADICATION DE LA POLIO

The CJPH is a professional, peer-reviewed journal carrying a wide variety of in-depth articles on all aspects of public health, including epidemiology, nutrition, family health, environmental health, sexually transmitted diseases, gerontology, behavioural medicine, rural health, health promotion and public health policy. Canada's polio story revolves around a complex and ongoing public health response that has depended on extensive community mobilization, scientific innovation, sustained political will and financial commitment to control the spread, manage the effects, and ensure the elimination of polio. An historical understanding of Canada's encounter with polio and its control - representing the independent experience of 10 provinces and 3 territories and employing at least three different immunization strategies (IPV or OPV alone, or IPV followed by OPV) - can help in the formulation of immunization policy and program development for the final push towards global polio eradication and for the post-polio-eradication era.