Health Ministers of the G7, meeting in Nagasaki, Japan, on 13-14 May 2023, urged for global support to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI).  In their official Communiqué issued at the Summit, the health leaders “recognize the value-added contribution of the global polio eradication infrastructure and workforce towards global surveillance capacity, national pandemic preparedness and response capacity, and the wider global health architecture. We call for continued support to the GPEI to fully leverage this vital resource for public health emergencies and to stay on track for polio eradication by 2026.”