This week, Pakistan will become the second polio-endemic country to introduce the inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) into its routine immunization system. More than half the global birth cohort is now receiving at least one dose of IPV through routine immunization systems as a result of the biggest globally synchronized vaccine introduction in history. Read more on the status of IPV introductions here.
The emergency committee of the International Health Regulations (IHR) has met for the sixth time and assessed that the international spread of polio continues to constitute a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). Their full report can be accessed here.
National vaccination campaigns to protect children against polio and measles are taking place in Yemen targeting more than 5 million children under the age of five. More