In 1988 the World Health Assembly pledged to eradicate polio. In 1988 the World Health Assembly pledged to do this by the year 2000. In 1988 the World Health Assembly created the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI). Pakistan's programme has a staff of 339,521. To prevent polio from coming back after eradication we must stop using the oral vaccine and begin only using the inactivated vaccine.