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GLOBAL POLIO ERADICATION INITIATIVE: 8TH MEETING O ...

Global Polio Eradication Initiative: 8th meeting of the Independent Monitoring Board   The following summary is from the Weekly Epidemiological Record, www.who.int/wer  The full text of the IMB report is at http://www.polioeradication.o ... read more

DR HAMID JAFARI ON ANTICIPATING OUTBREAKS ON THE P ...

ANTICIPATING OUTBREAKS ON THE PATH TO ERADICATION Hamid Jafari July 30, 2013 Also at http://www.impatientoptimists.org/Posts/2013/07/Anticipating-Outbreaks-on-the-Path-to-Eradication The final push to end polio is the largest and most co ... read more

POLIO THIS WEEK, AS OF 13 AUGUST 2013

From www.polioeradication.orgPolio this week - As of 13 August 2013 The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) will meet for the ninth time in London, United Kingdom (UK), on Tuesday 1 October and Wednesday 2 October 2013. The IMB will meet with re ... read more

NEW THIS FRIDAY: COMMUNICATION INDICATORS, GPEI, N ...

COMMUNICATION INDICATORS, GPEI, NIGERIA, PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN   http://polioinfo.org/media_content/nigeria/data_profiles/DI_Profile_nigeria_2012_Q3.pdf http://polioinfo.org/media_content/pakistan/data_profiles/DI_Profile_pakistan_2012 ... read more

NEW THIS MONDAY: GREATEST POLIO HITS OF 2013

Dear All, Reading habits change, as do the conditions framing discussions on polio eradication. The last time I posted on greatest polio hits, a year ago, most of the topics listed below (based on page views from 1 January 2013 onwards) did not appe ... read more

NEW THIS TUESDAY: NIGERIA SECTION, IMB REPORT

NIGERIA SECTION, IMB REPORT Full report is at http://www.polioeradication.org/Portals/0/Document/Aboutus/Governance/IMB/8IMBMeeting/8IMB_Report_EN.pdf   Nigeria The pace of improvement in Nigeria’s Polio Programme over the last six ... read more

NEW THIS TUESDAY: POLIO FIELD CENSUS AND VACCINATI ...

Editorial Note below; full text is at  http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6233a3.htm?s_cid=mm6233a3_w The findings described in this report demonstrate that many remote nomadic, scattered, and border settlements have been missed by ... read more

NEW THIS TUESDAY: POLIO OUTBREAK IN SOMALIA AND KE ...

POLIOMYELITIS OUTBREAK IN SOMALIA AND KENYA Excerpt below; full text is at http://www.who.int/wer/2013/wer8833.pdf Discussion The current outbreak in the Horn of Africa is likely to be large, of long duration, and to spread rapidly. For the pa ... read more