Eastern Mediterranean health leaders call for redoubled efforts for a defining year for polioOn Tuesday 28 February 2023, ministers and high-level delegates from across the Eastern Mediterranean Region participated in the seventh meeting of the Regional Subcommittee for Polio Eradication and Outbreaks.Read more in...
The meeting of the Global Commission for the Certification of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis (GCC)On 21-22 February 2023, the Global Commission for Certification of Poliomyelitis Eradication (GCC) met in Amman, Jordan.Read more in the latest issue of the bulletinRead more in the latest issue of the bulle...
Polio review in MalaysiaOn 21-22 February 2023, the Global Commission for Certification of Poliomyelitis Eradication (GCC) met in Amman, Jordan.Read more in the latest issue of the bulletinRead more in the latest issue of the bulletinArchive of previous issues can be accessed here. ...
Polio review in MalaysiaOn 13-20 February 2023 joint team of national and international experts (MoH of Malaysia, US CDC, WCO MYS, WPRO, WHO HQ) conducted review of polio programme performance in Malaysia.Read more in the latest issue of the bulletin!--Read more in the latest issue of the bulle...
Gearing up to stop polio in Afghanistan and PakistanIn October 2022, the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) for Afghanistan and Pakistan met in Muscat, Oman, to conduct a thorough review of ongoing polio eradication efforts in the remaining polio endemic countries. During the 6-day meeting they also provided strategic ...
Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 in SudanOn 18 December 2022, the WHO received a notification on the detection of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in a 48-month-old male with acute flaccid paralysis (AFP), from West Darfur, Western Sudan. Sequencing results showed that the isolate...
Vaccine-derived polio virus detected in 2 Canadian wastewater samplesAfter initiating its own wastewater testing for polio last year, Canada has detected two samples of vaccine-derived polio virus type 2 (VDPV2). According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)’s epidemio...
Polio experts eye clear tactics in final push to achieve success2022 may well go down in history as the year of contrasts in the global effort to eradicate polio. At first glance, with polio detections in places such as New York and London and an increase in cases in Pakistan, it may seem that the effort is backsli...
28th meeting of the Regional Certification Commission on Polio Eradication in Western Pacific Region 15-17 November 2022, Ha Noi, Viet NamThe 28th meeting of the Regional Commission for Certification (RCC) of Poliomyelitis Eradication in Western Pacific convened on 15-17 November 2022 in Ha Noi, Viet Nam. Based on the in...
28th meeting of the Regional Certification Commission on Polio Eradication in Western Pacific Region 15-17 November 2020, Ha Noi, Viet NamAt its 28th meeting in Ha Noi, Viet Nam, the Regional Certification Commission (RCC) concluded that the Western Pacific Region remained free of indigenous and imported wild poliovirus transmission....
Thirty-third meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee on the international spread of poliovirusThe thirty-third meeting of the Polio IHR Emergency Committee was convened on 12 October 2022. The Emergency Committee reviewed the data on wild poliovirus (WPV1) and circulating vaccine derived polioviruses (cVDPV) in the contex...
Afghanistan completes largest ever review of polio surveillance systemTo ascertain whether the sharp decline in the number of children paralysed by wild poliovirus in Afghanistan in the last eighteen months was an accurate reflection of the reality on the ground, 16 polio expertsvisited 76 districts in 25 of...
New York declares disaster emergency after polio detected in several counties ...
Afghanistan makes progress in polio eradication but challenges remain ...
In remembrance of the former Prime Minister of Japan, Hon. Shinzo Abe Hon. Shinzo Abe © Getty Images The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) paid tribute to the former Prime Minister of Japan, Hon. Shinzo Abe, acknowledging his services as a valuable advocate for global health equity and achieving a world where no child i...