Polio vaccine A global effort to eradicate polio, led by the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and The Rotary Foundation, began in 1988 and has relied largely on the oral polio vaccine developed by Albert Sabin and Mikhail Chumakov (Sabin-Chumakov vaccine). Polio was eliminated in the Americas by 1994. The disease was officially eliminated in 36 Western Pacific countries, including China and Australia, in 2000. Europe was declared polio-free in 2002. Since January 2011, no cases of the disease have been reported in India, hence in February 2012, the country was taken off the WHO list of polio-endemic countries. In March 2014, India
Texans for Vaccine Choice TFVC is not "anti-vaccine" but "pro vaccine-choice". Texans for Vaccine Choice Texans for Vaccine Choice (TFVC) is a political action committee in Texas which advocates for exemptions to vaccination requirements. TFVC has been criticized as anti-vaccine by David Gorski and some news outlets. Texans for Vaccine Choice was founded in 2015 by a group of mothers, lead by Jackie Schlegel, who opposed legislation proposed by state representative Jason Villalba (R-Dallas) which would have eliminated conscientious exemptions to vaccination requirements in the state of Texas. Referring to this bill, TFVC executive director Jackie Schlegel said “This is Texas. We believe in