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Polio Eradication Initiative
Statement on the 8th IHR Emergency Committee meeting regarding the international spread of poliovirus
1 March 2016 – The eighth meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) regarding the international spread of poliovirus was convened via teleconference by the Director-General on 12 February 2016. As with the seventh meeting, the Emergency Committee reviewed the data on circulating wild poliovirus as...
4 million children in Sudan targeted with oral polio vaccine
Dr Naeema Al Gasseer, WHO Representative to Sudan, giving a dose of vitamin A to a child during the polio campaign in Sudan from 2 to 4 November 20158 November 2015 – More than 4 million children under the age of 5 have been targeted with oral polio vaccine during a 3-day national immunization day campaign in Sudan. The campaign, which was...
World Polio Day: polio outbreak stopped in Middle East, experts remain cautious
25 October, 2015 | Beirut – Despite continuing conflict, declining immunization rates in conflict-affected areas and mass population displacement, no new polio cases have been reported in the Middle East for over 18 months, and experts believe the extensive multi-country outbreak response has been effective in stopping the outbreak. Read the full...
National polio, measles and rubella campaign launched in Yemen
15 August 2015 -- A national polio, measles and rubella campaign was launched today in the Sana’a governorate of Yemen. The 5-day campaign supported by WHO, UNICEF and the Vaccine Alliance (GAVI) aims to vaccinate 5 657 620 children under the age of 5 against polio and around 1.8 million children aged from 6 months to 15 years against measles and...
Islamic Advisory Group adopts anti-polio plan
Muslim scholars urged to champion eradication push Cairo, 7 May 2015 – The Islamic Advisory Group for Polio Eradication (IAG) has adopted a new action plan that seeks to help eradicate polio in the few remaining affected Muslim nations and appealed to Islamic scholars and influencers to make as significant a contribution as possible to this...
One year since last case of polio in Syria
16 January 2015 – January 21 will mark a year since the last case of polio was reported in Syria. This significant milestone is thanks to a tremendous effort by all those involved in outbreak response since the first case was confirmed in October 2013. Before this outbreak, Syria had not seen an endemic case of wild poliovirus since 1999. Read more
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