Cases of polio have declined by 99% worldwide since 1988 thanks to mass vaccination campaigns and efforts continue to eradicate it completely.
The Technological and Logistics Directorate began a broad vaccination operation for all the regular and reserve maneuvering forces.
Alexander graduated law school, passed the bar and practiced law. He also traveled to every continent, his brother said.
Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only countries where the virus is still endemic, and in recent years more than 200 polio vaccination workers have been killed.
Judy Heumann was born in 1947 to two parents who had separately fled Nazi Germany as children in the 1930s.
There are 150,000 Israeli children who have not been vaccinated against polio at all, the Health Ministry says.
Paul Alexander lived in an iron lung for 65 years due to polio. He spoke out about his romantic relationships and how this condition impacted them.
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