Reducing the impact of future pandemics by making Diagnostics, Therapeutics and Vaccines available within 100 days. A report to the G7 by the pandemic preparedness partnership.
Today, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) will launch the Polio Eradication Strategy 2022-2026: Delivering on a Promise at a virtual event, to overcome the remaining challenges to ending polio, including setbacks caused by COVID-19.
The news of the launch of the Polio Eradication Strategy 2022-2026: Delivering on a Promise by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) is heartening to say the least. The plan helps overcome the remaining challenges to ending polio, including
Today, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) will launch the Polio Eradication Strategy 2022-2026: Delivering on a Promise at a virtual event, to overcome the remaining challenges to ending polio, including setbacks caused by COVID-19. While polio cases have fallen 99.9% since 1988, polio remains a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) and persistent barriers to reaching every child with polio vaccines and the pandemic have contributed to an increase in polio cases. Last year, 1226 cases of all forms of polio were recorded compared to 138 in 2018. In 2020, the GPEI paused polio door-to-door campaigns for four months to protect communities from the spread of COVID-19 and contributed up to 30,000 programme staff and over $100 million in polio resources to support pandemic response in almost 50 countries. Leaders from the two countries yet to interrupt wild polio transmission Pakistan and Afghanistan called for renewed global solidarity and the continued reso