Source: Global Polio Eradication Initiative
Country: Afghanistan, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Lao People's Democratic Republic (the), Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan
The Polio Research Committee (PRC) is meeting this week in Geneva, to continue to provide guidance to the eradication effort’s research agenda. Research underpins polio eradication, evaluating new strategies, products and solutions to long-standing operational, epidemiological and virological challenges.
Summary of newly-reported viruses this week: two new wild poliovirus type 1 positive environmental samples from Pakistan.