By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The twenty-seventh meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) on the international spread of poliovirus was convened by the WHO...

By NewsDesk   @bactiman63 Afghanistan reported two additional wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases  in Hilmand province, bringing the total to 56 in 2020 to date. The number of circulating vaccine-derived...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 In this short podcast, I look at the situation with vaccine-derived polioviruses (VDPVs) in Africa and the Emergency Use Listing recommendation for the type 2 novel oral polio...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The West African country of Guinea reported the first polio cases in the country. According to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, eight circulating vaccine-derived...

By NewsDesk    @infectiousdiseasenews A three-day polio vaccination campaign took place in the province of Lunda Norte, according to Angolan press. The campaign vaccinated 205,688 children between...

By NewsDesk   @bactiman63 One case of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) was reported in week ending on May 5 in Kamonia, Kasai State, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The...

Circulation of vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) has been confirmed in Mozambique, according to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI). Officials report two genetically-linked circulating...

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) reported this week on a advance notification of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus-1 (cVDPV1) in Papua New Guinea. Following identification last month...

An 18th confirmed case of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV) was reported this week in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative this...

Additional cases of type 2 circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV2) have been reported recently in both Syria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to the Global Polio Eradication...