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Polio's pretty special because once you get an eradication, you no longer have to spend money on it; it's just there as a gift for the rest of time.

In Jamaica, we eradicated polio many years ago, but there are a lot of kids suffering in Africa still.

I don't think there is any philosophy that suggests having polio is a good thing.

I am more connected to the world of the imagination, but you don't have to have polio to do that.

I consider myself incredibly lucky to live and work in places like Canada and the U.S. where polio no longer threatens to rob the livelihoods of innocent children. As a young woman, I stand behind the women around the globe who are leading the charge against polio and working relentlessly to achieve a polio-free world.

If you give us a safe vaccine, we'll use it. It shouldn't be polio versus autism.

My fear is that if we don't take remedial steps to control polio in the tribal areas, we will be faced with international sanctions.

My father contracted polio on a troop train in Korea.

Nigeria and Pakistan are two countries that have had a lot of trouble with polio. And part of the reason is that there's a lot of political unrest, and people really distrust what the government is doing. That has an effect on people's health, and it has an effect on the health of children.

Ninety percent of the cases of polio are in security-vulnerable areas.