Giuseppe Michieli#WHO #Statement of the fortieth #meeting of #Polio #IHR Emergency #Committee, https://www.who.int/news/item/03-12-2024-statement-of-the-fortieth-meeting-of-the-polio-ihr-emergency-committee
The Committee unanimously agreed that #risk of #international #spread of #poliovirus remains a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (#PHEIC) and recommended the extension of Temporary #Recommendations for a further three months.
Statement of the fortieth meeting of the Polio IHR Emergency Committee
The Emergency Committee reviewed the data on wild poliovirus (WPV1) and circulating vaccine derived polioviruses (cVDPV) in the context of the global target of interruption and certification of WPV1 eradication by 2027 and interruption and certification of cVDPV2 elimination by 2029. Technical updates were received about the situation in: Afghanistan, Cameroon, France, Ghana, Indonesia, Nigeria, occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), Pakistan, Spain, and Zimbabwe.