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   14/02/2022
EMRO Regional Subcommittee on Polio Eradication and Outbreaks holds fourth meeting
Members issue two statements on Yemen and Afghanistan calling for uninterrupted access for vaccinations to all children
   02/02/2022
Catch-up polio immunization campaign to begin in Ukraine
cVDPV2 outbreak response continues in the country
   28/01/2022
Global health leaders note unique opportunity – complacency now biggest risk to success
WHO Executive Board urges intensified efforts to give world one less infectious disease to worry about and work towards sustainability of gains in polio-free countries.
   20/12/2021
2021 – the year that set the stage for a polio-free world
2021 may go down in history as the turning point in the global effort to eradicate polio.
   09/11/2021
No polio detected in Tajikistan since third round of supplemental immunization
Polio returned to Tajikistan last year when a circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) outbreak was declared in the province of Khatlon
   19/10/2021
The polio retirees spending their golden years on the eradication trail
For a few incredible eradicators, a life’s purpose doesn’t stop at retirement
   18/10/2021
Nationwide polio vaccination campaign set to recommence across Afghanistan in November
WHO and UNICEF welcome the decision by the Taliban leadership supporting the resumption of nationwide polio vaccination across Afghanistan.
   13/10/2021
Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus in Ukraine
Virus isolated from Rivne province in north-west of country
   25/08/2021
Adapting and delivering
Afghanistan’s Polio Eradication Initiative continues operations amidst ongoing instability in the country
   15/06/2021
G7 Heads of State call for ‘global pandemic radar’ building on polio surveillance network
Value of polio infrastructure in COVID-19 support continues to be highlighted
   10/06/2021
G7 Health Ministers reaffirm commitment to achieving polio-free world
Support critical ahead of launch of new strategic plan
   10/06/2021
Countries reaffirm commitment to ending polio at launch of new eradication strategy
Renewed donor support critical to ending polio after recent rise in cases and COVID-19 setbacks
   01/06/2021
World Health Assembly commits to urgent action to seize polio-free world
New strategy sets out roadmap for polio-free world amid COVID-19
   31/05/2021
Fighting on two fronts: to eradicate polio and to defeat COVID-19
In the middle of a devastating pandemic with no end in sight, a glimmer of hope came in August 2020, on the day the African Region was officially declared free of wild poliovirus.
   14/04/2021
Somalia: formal closure of the cVDPV3 outbreak
Somalia’s outbreak of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 3 (cVDPV3) has been successfully stopped, with no international spread
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