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  1. Polio eradication initiative
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Members of the Regional Technical Advisory Group

 

 

Dr Ali Jaffer Mohamed

Adviser Health Affairs

Supervisor Directorate General Health Affairs

Ministry of Health

Muscat

Oman 

 

Dr David Salisbury

Director of Immunization

Department of Health

London

United Kingdom

 

Dr Olen Kew

Chief, Molecular Virology Section

National Center for Infectious Diseases

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Atlanta

United States of America

 

Dr T. Jacob John

Chair, India Expert Advisory Group for Polio Eradication

College Hospital

Vellore

India 

 

Dr Zulfiqar Bhutta

Professor of Paediatrics

The Aga Khan University

Karachi

Pakistan 

 

Dr Mohamed Helmy Wahdan

Polio Senior Consultant

WHO

Egypt

 

Dr Robert Linkins

Chief

Vaccine Preventable Disease Eradication and Elimination Branch

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Atlanta

United States of America

 

Dr Jean Marc Olive

Chairman of Horn of Africa TAG

38 rue Boileau

Paris

France

Polio eradication strategies

Strategies adopted in the Eastern Mediterranean Region for polio eradication are the same as the global strategies, they include:

High levels of routine immunization

Supplementary immunization activities

Surveillance

Mop-up campaigns

Care for post-polio paralysis

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