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<EM>What the GPEI has learned from recent polio outbreaks</EM>

Learning lessons the hard way

What the GPEI has learned from recent polio outbreaks Full story
  

Polio eradication this week:

  • An emergency Horn of Africa polio outbreak meeting was held this week (9-10 June) in Cairo, Egypt, hosted by the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO). Chaired by EMRO Regional Director Dr Ala Alwan, the meeting was attended by the Chair of the Horn of Africa Technical Advisory Group, as well as representatives from WHO headquarters, EMRO, and country office teams from Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia and Yemen.

 

  • The meeting reviewed the current status and risks associated with the outbreak, as well as outbreak response activities and their expected impact and discussed strategies to further increasing support to countries and strengthening the outbreak response. More
  


  

Success against polio by end-2014 realistic prospect: IMB

<EM>Key fundamental changes needed</EM> Key fundamental changes needed

The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) for polio eradication has underscored that ‘stopping polio transmission by end 2014 is a realistic prospect’. In the report of its 7-9 May meeting, the Board commended the programme on the fundamental changes that have transformed the effort into a more responsive and coordinated health initiative, which has brought polio to the lowest levels ever.

At the same time, however, the IMB put forward key r... Full story
  

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