19/05/2022
Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus, nOPV2, Outbreak countries
Afghanistan, Africa, India, Pakistan
Coffee With Polio Experts: Dr Ananda Bandyopadhyay
Ananda talks about development of the nOPV2 vaccine its pathway to rollout, and field performance
In this two-part video series, we chat with Dr Ananda Bandyopadhyay, Deputy Director of Polio Technology, Research & Analytics, BMGF, about the new tool in GPEI’s kit to combat cVDPV2: novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2).
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