Click on the photographs below to learn more about the scientists who developed the poliovirus vaccines which enabled Australia to be declared “polio free” in 2000 by the World Health Organisation.
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| Jonas Salk (28 October 1914 – 23 June 1995) | Albert Sabin (26 August 1906 – 3 March 1993) |
| May 1956 - Salk polio vaccine (inactivated - IPV) introduced in Australia | September 1966 - Sabin polio vaccine (oral - OPV) introduced in Australia |
Because of the rapid progress in global polio eradication and the diminished risk of wild virus associated disease, since November 2005 inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) is now used for all doses of polio vaccine in Australia.