摘要：The goal of polio eradication in the Western Pacific Region is within reach. The last case of polio seen in the regionoccurred in Cambodia in March 1997 and the region aimsto be certified polio-free by the World Health Organization(WHO) in the year 2000. The Global Commission forCertification of Eradication of Poliomyelitis has specifiedthree criteria to be fulfilled by countries in order that theymay be certified polio-free: . absence of wild poliovirus for 3 years in the presence of adequate Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) surveillance inchildren under the age of 15 years; . a National Certification Committee in each country tovalidate and submit the certification documentation; and. the establishment of mechanisms to detect andrespond to the importation of wild poliovirus
