Polio this week as of 13 September 2016
The regional polio outbreak response in Nigeria and the Lake Chad basin continues, within the broader humanitarian emergency response. Polio teams on the ground, at national, regional and global levels are closely coordinating with the humanitarian emergency response teams, other UN organizations and NGOs, to maximise the impact of all available resources and ensure that polio vaccine and broader health interventions can reach the most vulnerable and at-need populations in the region.
While much attention is given to the response, the risks of undetected circulation in the rest of Africa cannot be ignored. Efforts to strengthen subnational surveillance and immunity must continue across wide areas of west and central Africa, as well as in countries of the Horn of Africa. More