Source: Global Polio Eradication Initiative
Country: Afghanistan, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, India, Iraq, Lao People's Democratic Republic (the), Madagascar, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia, South Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Ukraine, World
This week India marks five years without reporting a single case of wild polio, a remarkable achievement. Today, lessons learned in India and Nigeria are being used to drive progress in the last two polio-endemic countries: Pakistan and Afghanistan. Read more here.
There are three months to go until the globally synchronized switch from the trivalent to bivalent oral polio vaccine. This will be an important milestone in achieving a polio-free world. Read more here.