International report highlights polio eradication challenges in Pakistan, other countries

Arab News
Sep 22, 2023

International report highlights polio eradication challenges in Pakistan, other countries


LONDON: The global effort to end polio is likely to miss two key targets this year on the path toward defeating the virus, according to an independent strategic review.

The aim in 2023 was to interrupt the transmission of wild polio in the two countries where it is still endemic, Afghanistan and Pakistan, and do the same for a variant form of polio known as “vaccine-derived” that is causing outbreaks elsewhere.