Between 1959 and 1960, polio outbreaks in Northern provinces infected 17,000 children and killed over 500. After introduction of the vaccines in the 1960s, incidence declined from 127/100,000 to 3/100,000. The last case of polio was reported in 1997, and polio eradication certification was achieved in 2000. Ongoing goals include providing resources required to maintain high quality surveillance and immunization and to ensure that a current national importation preparedness plan is in place and widely distributed