The Bi-weekly African Polio Laboratory Bulletin is a regional compilation including highlights on the polio laboratory network in the African region and its efforts towards polio eradication. This...
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The Bi-weekly African Polio Laboratory Bulletin is a regional compilation including highlights on the polio laboratory network in the African region and its efforts towards polio eradication. This...
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Headlines: Wishing a blessed holy month of Ramadan to our friends and colleagues around the world. Ramadan Kareem! Sudan’s response to the 2023 polio outbreak showcases coordination. More. The...
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Headlines: The Global Commission for Certification of Poliomyelitis Eradication (GCC) met 21-22 February in Amman to review progress towards interrupting WPV1 transmission in endemic Pakistan and...
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Headlines: The European Polio Conference will be held on 25-27 May in Nancy, France. Organized by Polio-France in cooperation with the European Polio Union (EPU), the conference is aimed at people...
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Headlines: The European Polio Conference will be held on 25-27 May in Nancy, France. Organized by Polio-France in cooperation with the European Polio Union (EPU), the conference is aimed at people...
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Headlines: nOPV2 rollout: Approximately 585 million doses of nOPV2 have been administered across 27 countries under its WHO Emergency Use Listing (EUL) to date. An additional 14 countries have met...
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Headlines: On the International Day of the Women and Girls in Science on 11 February 2023, Rosemary Mukui Nzunza, the head of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) at the Centre for Virus...
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Headlines: The Global Polio Eradication Initiative and its partners extend our deepest condolences to the people of Türkiye and Syria, following this week’s devastating earthquake affecting the...
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Headlines: WHO Executive Board: This week and next week, global health leaders are convening at WHO's Executive Board to discuss global public health policy, including on the global effort to...
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Headlines: 2023 is a critical year for the global effort to eradicate polio. It is the year when all remaining poliovirus transmission globally is slated to be fully interrupted, per the GPEI Polio...
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Headlines: This year, the polio programme is focusing on reaching zero-dose children (children who are either un- or under-immunized), in identified ‘consequential geographies’. But what exactly are...
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Headlines: Ahead of the WHO Executive Board that is scheduled to take place from 30 January to 7 February 2023, the Secretariat has prepared two reports which will inform Member State discussions,...
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Headlines: “The mother was complaining that her son was weak and that the weakness had happened suddenly, so I examined his leg,” said Spogmai. “I saw that the limb was paralysed and immediately...
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Summary of new polioviruses this week: Algeria: three cVDPV2 positive environmental samples Cameroon: one cVDPV2 case Chad: three cVDPV2 cases and three positive environmental samples DR Congo: one...
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Polio this week as of 20 December Polio surveillance in Afghanistan: Recommendations from the international review of Afghanistan’s poliovirus surveillance system are yielding important results for...
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The Forum on Immunization and Polio Eradication in Africa was held this past weekend in Dakar, Senegal, hosted by H.E. President Macky Sall, President of Senegal and Chair of the African Union (AU),...
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In Africa, to reinvigorate political attention and action on immunization across the continent, H.E. Macky Sall, Chair of the African Union and President of the Republic of Senegal, will bring...
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In Indonesia, following confirmation last week of VDPV2 isolated from an AFP case (7-year old child) with onset of paralysis on 9 October, from Aceh province, circulating of this strain has been...
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Independent polio technical groups continue to meet as the year draws to a close, to review regional epidemiology and evaluate strategies for 2023. Technical advisory groups, the AFRO RCC and special...
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What is the real context of this year’s various global detections to the worldwide eradication effort? In this editorial published in International Health, Aidan O’Leary, Director of the Global Polio...