# Canonical recap data for Development of the Polio Vaccine (1955)
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title: Development of the Polio Vaccine
subtitle: Jonas Salk's successful polio vaccine trials and public rollout eliminated one of the 20th century's most feared epidemic diseases and transformed vaccine development globally.
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eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1955-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1955
decade: 1950
country:
name: United States
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summaryShort: The Development Policy Centre (Devpol) is an aid and development policy think tank based at the Crawford School of Public Policy in the College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University. Devpol independently conducts research on Australian aid policies and the development of Papua New Guinea and the
summaryLong: The Development Policy Centre (Devpol) is an aid and development policy think tank based at the Crawford School of Public Policy in the College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University. Devpol independently conducts research on Australian aid policies and the development of Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands region.
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impactRadius: global
velocity: gradual
predictability: forecastable
intentionality: planned
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