--- description: In recognition of World Polio Day, watch live as TIME editor-at-large Jeffery Kluger discuss Polio and what can be done to end it. title: Watch Jeffery Kluger Discuss How To Eradicate Polio image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Health](/section/health/) ## Health Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [global health](/tag/global-health/) ## global health Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch TIME's Jeffrey Kluger Discuss How to Eradicate Polio  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Oct 24, 2014 10:29 PM CUT  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Oct 24, 2014 10:29 PM CUT Since the development of the first polio vaccine in the 1950s, the number of cases of the devastating disease has been reduced by 99 percent. But despite that extraordinary progress, people in three countries still suffer from polio. Now, Rotary International, along with the World Health Organization, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and UNICEF have brought the world tantalizingly close to eradicating the virus for good. In recognition of [World Polio Day](http://www.endpolio.org/worldpolioday/#overview "undefined"), watch as TIME editor-at-large Jeffrey Kluger moderates Rotary’s live-streamed event in Chicago, on Friday at 7:30 PM, EDT. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3537585/world-polio-day-livestream/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3537585/world-polio-day-livestream/"},"headline":"Watch TIME's Jeffrey Kluger Discuss How to Eradicate Polio","datePublished":"2014-10-24T22:29:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:00:34.545Z","description":"People in three countries still suffer from the disease","url":"https://time.com/3537585/world-polio-day-livestream/","keywords":["global health","Disease","Science topic","health","Vaccines"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/global-health/","name":"global health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3537585/world-polio-day-livestream/","name":"Watch TIME's Jeffrey Kluger Discuss How to Eradicate Polio"}}]}] ```