People are discussing Polio and Polio vaccination, and I have not seen anyone mention the Polio Global Eradication Initiative (GPEI). I fully support this initiative and thus do not support lifting requirements for Polio vaccination anywhere in the world. Doing so will likely slow and otherwise hinder the eradication effort.

#Polio #GPEI

https://polioeradication.org/

GPEI-Homepage

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The Global Polio Eradication Initiative is currently raising money to eradicate two variants of the virus by 2029.

#GPEI #Polio #WHO

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In other Polio news:
the Novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2) is starting to be rolled out to stop the outbreaks of vaccine-derived contagion. vaccine-derived contagion? Yes. The old vaccine was not perfect. New one isn't perfect either, but distinctly improved. Science saves lives.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyquCUQV3XE

#Polio #PolioVaccine #PolioEradication #GlobalPolioEradicationInitiative #GPEI #ScienceWorks #ScienceSavesLives #VaccinesSaveLives #nOPV2

Novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2) animation - With English subtitles

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New #research using our #population #opendata - The origins and risk factors for serotype-2 vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV2) emergences in #Africa during 2016-2019 - in Journal of Infectious Diseases #Polio #GPEI #SDG3 #Nigeria #DRC #Ethiopia https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiad004
origins and risk factors for serotype-2 vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV2) emergences in Africa during 2016-2019

Outbreaks of vaccine derived poliovirus from rare reversion of type-2 Sabin vaccine strain inhibit polio eradication efforts. We use a hierarchical model, incor

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