Headlines:

• The 2023 Afghanistan National Emergency Action Plan (NEAP) which provides a roadmap of what it will take to stop polio transmission in the country is now available here.

• GPEI has just released the Global OPV Stockpile Strategy which lays out the strategy for developing and managing the Global OPV Stockpile for the period 2022-2026, in support of and in alignment with the GPEI 2022-2026 strategy.

• nOPV2 rollout: Approximately 670 million doses of nOPV2 have been administered across 31 countries under its WHO Emergency Use Listing (EUL) to date. An additional 13 countries have met the requirements for nOPV2 use in the event of an outbreak. 

Summary of new polioviruses this week:

• Côte d’Ivoire: one cVDPV2 positive environmental sample

• DR Congo: four cVDPV1 and three cVDPV2 cases

• Madagascar: three cVDPV1 cases and eight cVDPV1 positive environmental samples

• Nigeria: three cVDPV2 cases

• Zambia: one cVDPV2 case