Abstract The Immunization Systems Management Group (IMG) was established to
coordinate and oversee objective 2 of the Polio Eradication and Endgame Strategic Plan …

Abstract The Immunization Systems Management Group (IMG) was established as a time-
limited entity, responsible for the management and coordination of Objective 2 of the Polio …

Abstract In May 2012, the World Health Assembly declared the completion of poliovirus
eradication a programmatic emergency for global public health and called for a …

Since the launch of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) in 1988, the number of
polio endemic countries has declined from 125 to 3 in 2013. Despite this remarkable …

The requirements under objective 2 of the Polio Eradication and Endgame Strategic Plan
2013–2018—to introduce at least 1 dose of inactivated poliomyelitis vaccine (IPV); withdraw …

Abstract The Global Commission for the Certification of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis
certified the eradication of type 2 poliovirus in September 2015, making type 2 poliovirus the …

Polio eradication requires the removal of all polioviruses from human populations, whether
wild poliovirus or those emanating from the oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV). The Polio …

Background The Endgame Plan (3) set the goal of eradicating WPV and VDPV. Achieving
this goal requires 1) detection of circulating polioviruses and interruption of transmission; 2) …

Nine polio areas of expertise were applied to broader immunization and mother, newborn
and child health goals in ten focus countries of the Polio Eradication Endgame Strategic …

More than 6 decades after licensure of inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) as the first polio
vaccine, optimal use of IPV for polio prevention continues to be an area of interest. With the …