Global Polio Board says ‘more needed’ to end polio in Pakistan June 11, 2021 Islamabad: The Polio Oversight Board of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) has called upon the PM’s Special Assistant on Health to strengthen government leadership of the Polio Eradication Programme by appointing senior officers of the Ministry of National Health Services to the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) for Polio Eradication; ensure regular engagement at the NEOC, and participate in review meetings with provincial Chief Secretaries and Ministers of Health following Supplementary Immunization Activities (SIAs). Visiting members of the Polio Oversight Board—the highest decision-making body in GPEI— concluded an important meeting here in Islamabad, offering strategic direction to Pakistan’s future efforts for polio eradication with a set of recommendations encompassing three key stakeholders—the government of Pakistan, GEPI partners, and the NEOC.