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 …

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

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 …

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 World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region (WPR) has
maintained its polio-free status since 2000. The emergence of vaccine-derived polioviruses …

The world was never so close to reach the polio eradication: only 37 cases notified in 2016
in only three countries, but the game is not yet at the end. The risk of polio outbreaks in the …

With the globally coordinated switch from the trivalent oral polio vaccine (OPV) to the
bivalent OPV in April, 2016, the international public health community entered a new chapter …

After over two decades of immense efforts, the global polio eradication initiative may be
approaching its final phase. With leadership from WHO, great efforts of national programs …