Polio this week as of 22 March 2023

Reliefweb
Mar 24, 2023

Polio this week as of 22 March 2023


Headlines:

  • Wishing a blessed holy month of Ramadan to our friends and colleagues around the world. Ramadan Kareem!
  • Sudan’s response to the 2023 polio outbreak showcases coordination. More.
  • The Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on immunization (SAGE) is convening this week in Geneva, Switzerland, to deliberate on a broad range of immunization issues, including on polio eradication. In February, the SAGE’s Working Group on Polio Eradication had discussed additional immunization strategies in areas of persistent poliovirus transmission, and the role of inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) and novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2).