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ENDEMIC COUNTRIES

AFGHANISTAN

PAKISTAN

OUTBREAK COUNTRIES

  • Outbreak country reports

OTHER GPEI DOCUMENTS

WHO WEEKLY EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RECORDS

STATEMENT FROM THE EMERGENCY COMMITTEE UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS

GLOBAL CERTIFICATION COMMISSION

WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY DOCUMENTS 2021/EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING REPORTS 2022

Agenda

IMB DOCUMENTS

REPORTS FROM GPEI PARTNERS

COVID-19

AFGHANISTAN

PAKISTAN

OTHER GPEI DOCUMENTS

WHO WEEKLY EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RECORDS

SAGE POLIO WORKING GROUP

WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY DOCUMENT

GLOBAL CERTIFICATION COMMISSION

AFRICAN REGION CERTIFICATION COMMISSION

INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGUALTION EMERGENCY COMMITTEE STATEMENT

Agenda

IMB DOCUMENTS

Seventeenth IMB Report – November 2019

REPORTS FROM GPEI PARTNERS

GPEI programme update to the IMB

IMB 17th Report GPEI response to recommendations

Letter from GPEI to IMB

Strategy for the Response to Type 2 Circulating Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus

COVID-19

Polio Eradication in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic – POB recommendations – 21 May 2020

Polio eradication programme continuity planning: measures to ensure continuity of operations in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic – 20 May 2020

WHO Guiding principles for immunization activities during the COVID-19 pandemic, interim guidance – 26 March 2020

ENDEMIC COUNTRIES

AFGHANISTAN

Afghanistan National Emergency Action Plan – May 2020

Afghanistan TAG meeting recommendation – June 2020

 PAKISTAN

Pakistan National Emergency Action Plan – May 2020

Pakistan TAG meeting report/recommendation – June 2020

NIGERIA

Nigeria National Emergency Action Plan – January 2020

OTHER GPEI DOCUMENTS

Polio News Special Edition

WHO WEEKLY EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RECORDS

Meeting of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization, 31 March–1 April 2020: conclusions and recommendations

WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY DOCUMENT

73rd  World Health Assembly – 2020: Eradication of poliomyelitis: Report by the Director-General

GLOBAL CERTIFICATION COMMISSION

Report from the Twentieth Meeting of the Global Commission for Certification of Poliomyelitis Eradication Geneva, Switzerland, 17 – 18 October 2019

INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGUALTION EMERGENCY COMMITTEE STATEMENT

Statement of the Twenty-Fourth IHR Emergency Committee | 8 April 2020 |

Agenda

List of Participants

IMB DOCUMENTS

Sixteenth IMB Report – December 2018

Independent Review of Polio Endemic Countries – September 2018

REPORTS FROM GPEI PARTNERS

IMB 16th Report GPEI response to recommendations

GPEI letter to IMB September 2019

GPEI Polio current status summary September 2019

 ENDEMIC COUNTRIES

AFGHANISTAN

Afghanistan update to the IMB

Afghanistan National Emergency Action Plan – 2019

Afghanistan NEAP latest Annexes

Afghanistan TAG meeting recommendations – August 2019

Afghanistan TAG meeting report August 2019

PAKISTAN

Pakistan update to the IMB

Pakistan National Emergency Action Plan – latest

Pakistan TAG meeting  recommendations – 2019

Pakistan TAG meeting report August 2019

NIGERIA

Nigeria update to the IMB

Final report of the 36th ERC meeting

Nigeria ERC Final Report of  36th Meeting – findings and recommendation

Nigeria 2019 Polio Statistics – Week 36

OUTBREAK COUNTRIES

HORN OF AFRICA

HOA TAG Meeting Report – 2019

Outbreak Response Plan cVDPVs – 2019

WHO WEEKLY EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RECORDS

13 September 2019, vol 94, 413–424
Performance of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance and incidence of poliomyelitis, 2019

23 August 2019, vol 94, 34, 381–388
Progress towards poliomyelitis eradication in Nigeria, January 2018 – May 2019

26 July 2019, vol 94, 30/31, 329-344
Progress towards poliomyelitis eradication in Nigeria, January 2018 – May 2019

31 May 2019, vol 94, 22/23, 261–280
Meeting of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on immunization, April 2019 – conclusions and recommendations

24 May 2019, vol 94, 21, 253–260
Progress towards polio eradication, worldwide January 2017–March 2019

5 April 2019, vol 94, 14/15, (169-188)
Surveillance to track progress towards polio eradication worldwide, 2017–2018

8 March 2019, vol 94, 10, 117–128
Update on vaccine-derived poliovirus outbreaks – Democratic Republic of the Congo, Horn of Africa, 2017–2018

8 February 2019, vol 94, 6, (pp. 65–80).
Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 1 and outbreak response in Papua New Guinea, 2018

WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY DOCUMENT

72nd World Health Assembly – 2019: Eradication of poliomyelitis: Report by the Director-General

GLOBAL CERTIFICATION COMMISSION

Report from the Nineteenth Meeting Global Commission for the Certification of Poliomyelitis Eradication February 2019

Statement of the Nineteenth Meeting of the Global Commission for the Certification of Poliomyelitis Eradication February 2019

INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATION EMERGENCY COMMITTEE STATEMENT

Statement of the Twenty-first IHR Emergency Committee Regarding the International Spread of Poliovirus

Agenda
List of Participants

IMB DOCUMENTS

Thirteenth IMB Report – August 2016

REPORTS FROM GPEI PARTNERS

GPEI Semi Annual Report – July-December 2016
GPEI Letter to IMB – 25 April 2017
GPEI StatusReport – May 2017
GPEI Report on August 2016 IMB recommendations
Poliovirus Risk Analysis for Conflict-Affected Polio-Free Countries 

COUNTRY DISCUSSION

ENDEMIC COUNTRIES

AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan update to the IMB
Afghanistan National Emergency Action Plan – 2016-17
Afghanistan NEAP 2016 – 17 Annexes
Afghanistan feedback from TAG meeting 4-5 April 2017
Afghanistan External AFP surveillance review 2016 – 19-24 June 2016
PAKISTAN
Pakistan update to the IMB
Pakistan National Emergency Action Plan 2016-2017
TAG meeting 29 June 2016
NIGERIA
Nigeria National Emergency Action Plan – January 2017
Nigeria ERC Final Report of 33 Meeting – 17-18 January 2017
Nigeria Update on Polio Eradication

OUTBREAK COUNTRIES

HORN OF AFRICA
HOA -TAG 15th Meeting Report – 6-8 September 2016
HOA – 15th TAG – Conclusions and Recommendations
Somalia Outbreak Response Assessment – 12-19 October 2015
3rd Quarterly Outbreak Response Assessment – South Sudan -11-13 March 2016
South Sudan – Week 20 Surveillance update – 22 May 2016
MIDDLE EAST
Report from 30th Eastern Mediterranean Regional Commission for Certification of Poliomyelitis Eradication
Review of Phase III Middle East Polio Outbreak Response – 22-23 October 2015
Iraq Outbreak Response Assessment – 14-23 August 2015
Iraq final report to EC on PE under IHR – 9 May 2016
Jordan Outbreak Response Review – 13-17 September 2015
Lebanon Outbreak Response Review – 31 August – 4 September 2015
Syria Annual Report 2015

OTHER DOCUMENTS

Poliovirus Seroprevalance Before & After Interruption of Poliovirus tansmission in Kano State, Nigeria
Estimated effect of IPV campaigns, Nigeria and Pakistan, January 2014 to April 2016
EB paper on polio for 140th EB Session as of November 2016
WER Aug 2016 – Update on vaccine-derived polioviruses worldwide, January 2015- May 2016
WER Aug 2016 – Fractional-dose inactivated poliovirus vaccination campaign, Telangana state, India, June 2016
WER Nov 2016 – Progress towards poliomyelitis eradication: Afghanistan, January 2015 – August 2016
WER Nov 2016 – Progress towards poliomyelitis eradication: Pakistan, January 2015-September 2016
WER Dec 2016 – Meeting of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on immunization, October 2016 – conclusions and recommendations
WER Jan 2017 – Status of new vaccine introduction – worldwide, September 2016
WER Feb 2017 – Continued endemic wild poliovirus transmission in security-compromised areas – Nigeria, 2016
WER Apr 2017 – Performance of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance and incidence of poliomyelitis
70th WHA Poliomyelitis Report by Secretariat – 24 April 2017
Agenda
List of Participants

IMB DOCUMENTS

Twelfth IMB Report – October 2015

REPORTS FROM GPEI PARTNERS

GPEI Report on October 2015 IMB recommendations
GPEI Letter to IMB July 2016
GPEI StatusReport
GPEI letter to IMB – 22 March 2016
2.5.Interim report to IMB on October 2015 IMB recommendations – 17 March 16

COUNTRY DISCUSSION – INTERRUPTED TRANSMISSION

NIGERIA
Nigeria update to the IMB
Nigeria National Emergency Action Plan
Nigeria ERC Final Report of 30th / 31st Meeting

ENDEMIC COUNTRIES

AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan update to the IMB
Afghanistan National Emergency Action Plan – 2016-17 – DRAFT
TAG meeting report– January 2016
Afghanistan External AFP surveillance review 2016 – 19-24 June 2016
PAKISTAN
Pakistan update to the IMB
Pakistan National Emergency Action Plan 2015-2016
TAG meeting January 2016

OUTBREAK COUNTRIES

HORN OF AFRICA
HOA -TAG 14th Meeting Report – 16-18 February 2016
Somalia Outbreak Response Assessment – 12-19 October 2015
3rd Quarterly Outbreak Response Assessment – South Sudan -11-13 March 2016
South Sudan – Week 20 Surveillance update – 22 May 2016
MIDDLE EAST
Report from 30th Eastern Mediterranean Regional Commission for Certification of Poliomyelitis Eradication
Review of Phase III Middle East Polio Outbreak Response – 22-23 October 2015
Iraq Outbreak Response Assessment – 14-23 August 2015
Iraq final report to EC on PE under IHR – 9 May 2016
Jordan Outbreak Response Review – 13-17 September 2015
Lebanon Outbreak Response Review – 31 August – 4 September 2015
Syria Annual Report 2015

OTHER DOCUMENTS

 SAGE April 2016 Meeting summary
69th WHA – Secretariat report on Poliomyelitis
WER Oct 2015 – Progress towards polio eradication – Afghanistan
WER Nov 2015 – Progress towards polio eradication – Pakistan
WER Feb 2016 – CVDPV in 5 countries
WER March 2016 – Polio vaccine position paper
WER April 2016 – Global polio surveillance update
WER May 2016 – Progress towards polio eradication worldwide 2015-2016
Agenda
List of Participants

IMB DOCUMENTS

1.1.Eleventh IMB Report – May 2015

REPORTS FROM GPEI PARTNERS

2.1.GPEI Report on May 2015 IMB recommendations
2.2.GPEI Letter to IMB October 2015
2.3.GPEI Status Report

COUNTRY DISCUSSION – RECENTLY ENDEMIC

NIGERIA
3.1.Nigeria information slide pack for the IMB
3.2.Nigeria National Polio Eradication Emergency Plan
3.3.Nigeria – Feedback from the 30th ERC
3.4.Nigeria – ERC recommendation slides

ENDEMIC COUNTRIES

AFGHANISTAN
4.1.Afghanistan information slide pack for the IMB
4.2.Afghanistan National Emergency Action Plan – July 2015 – June 2016
4.3.TAG meeting report – 1-2 June 2015
4.4.Afghanistan PEI Communications Action Plan – 1 October 2015
4.5.Afghanistan Community Health Workers Assessment Report
PAKISTAN
5.1.Pakistan information slide pack for the IMB
5.2.Pakistan National Emergency Action Plan 2014-2015
5.3.TAG meeting February 2015

OUTBREAK COUNTRIES

HORN OF AFRICA
6.1.HOA -TAG 13th Meeting Report – 18-20 Aug 2015
6.2.HOA WPV1 Outbreak Response Assessment – Somalia, Ethiopia & Kenya – 17 June 2015
6.3.HOA Outbreak Responses Assessment 8-12 June 15 – Ethiopia
6.4.HOA Outbreak Response Assessment 8-12 June 15 – Kenya
6.5.HOA Outbreak Response Assessment 8-12 June 15 – Somalia
6.6.South Sudan cVDPV2 Outbreak Response Situation Report no 31 – 25 Aug 2015
6.7.2nd Quarterly Outbreak Response Assessment – 28 Aug – 03 Sept 2015 – South Sudan
MIDDLE EAST
7.1.GPEI Report on Review of Phase II & Planning Phase III for ME Polio Outbreak response
7.2.Iraq Outbreak Response Assessment Mission – 20-23 August 2015
7.3.External Assessment of Outbreak response – Syria – October
UKRAINE
8.1.Ukraine outbreak response plan

OTHER DOCUMENTS

9.1.WER 9027 Intro of inactivated polio vaccine & switch from trivalent to bivalent oral poliovirus vaccine worldwide
9.2.WER 9025 Update on vaccine-derived polioviruses worldwide January 2014 March 2015
9.3.WER 9032 Plans for containment of poliovirus following typespecific polio eradication worldwide 2015
9.4.WER 9034 Progress towards poliomyelitis eradication in Nigeria January 2014 July 2015
9.5.Responding to a poliovirus outbreak – SOP
9.6.Polio Environmental Surveillance Expansion Plan
9.7.Response to type 2 vaccine-derived polioviruses prior to global tOPV withdrawal
9.8.Reporting and classification of vaccine-derived polioviruses
Agenda
List of Participants

IMB DOCUMENTS
1.1.Tenth IMB Report – October 2014

REPORTS FROM GPEI PARTNERS

2.1.GPEI Report on October 2014 IMB recommendations
2.2.GPEI Joint Status Report April 2015

COUNTRY DISCUSSION – ENDEMIC COUNTRIES

AFGHANISTAN
3.1.Afghanistan information slide pack for the IMB
3.2.Afghanistan National Emergency Action Plan 2014-15
3.3.TAG meeting report February 2015
NIGERIA
4.1.Nigerial information slide pack for the IMB
4.2.Nigeria National Emergency Action Plan
4.3.Nigeria ERC Final Report of 29th Meeting – 21-22 January 2015
4.4.SIAs Calendar for 2015
PAKISTAN
5.1.Pakistan information slide pack for the IMB
5.2.Pakistan National Emergency Action Plan 2014-2015
5.3.TAG meeting February 2015

OUTBREAK COUNTRIES

HORN OF AFRICA
6.1.HoA TAG Outbreak Assessment – February 2015
6.2.Outbreak Response Assessment – Somalia – 30 September 2014
6.3.Follow up Outbreak Response Assessment – Ethiopia – 17-21 November 2014
6.4.First Outbreak Response Assesment – South Sudan 23-27 March 2015
MIDDLE EAST
7.1.GPEI Report on Review of Phase II & Planning Phase III for ME Polio Outbreak response
7.2.End of Outbreak Assessment – Iraq – January 2014
7.3.External Assessment of Outbreak response – Syria – October 2014

OTHER DOCUMENTS

8.1.Polio Oversight Board Meeting minutes, 12th December 2014
8.2.Weekly Epidemiological Record, 21 November 2014, Progress towards poliomyelitis eradication – Nigeria, January 2013–September 2014
8.3.Weekly Epidemiological Record, 31 October 2014 , Progress towards poliomyelitis eradication: Afghanistan and Pakistan, Jan 2013 – Aug 2014
8.4.Report to the World Health Assembly
Agenda
List of Participants

IMB DOCUMENTS
1.1.Eighth IMB Report – October 2013
1.2.Letter from IMB to Core Partners – February 2014

REPORTS FROM GPEI PARTNERS
2.1.GPEI Report on October 2013 IMB recommendations
2.2.GPEI Joint Status Report April 2014
2.3.GPEI Red List of vulnerable polio-free countries & mitigating actions
2.4.aGPEI report on vaccine supply
2.4.b.GPEI – SIA calendar
2.5.GPEI report on strengthening communications & social mobilisation
2.6.GPEI Funding Update to IMB – May 2014

COUNTRY DISCUSSION

ENDEMIC COUNTRIES
AFGHANISTAN
3.1.Afghanistan presentation to the IMB
3.2.Afghanistan National Emergency Action Plan – 2013-14
3.3.Annual Report 2013 PEI Programme – Afghanistan
3.4.Afghanistan – Kabul City Polio case report
3.5.AFP Surveillance – Afghanistan- slides
NIGERIA
4.1.Nigeria presentation to the IMB
4.2.Nigeria National Emergency Action Plan -2013-14
4.3.ERC 27th meeting report – April 2014
PAKISTAN
5.1.Pakistan presentation to the IMB
5.2.Pakistan National Emergency Action Plan – 2014

OUTBREAK COUNTRIES
CAMEROON
6.1.Cameroon presentation to the IMB
6.2.Report of the three-month wild polio virus outbreak response assessment – Cameroon – April 2014
6.3.Cameroon debriefing evaluation independante – 17 April 2014
ISRAEL
7.1.Israel presentation to the IMB
SOMALIA
8.1.Somalia presentation to the IMB
8.2.Report of the six-month wild polio virus outbreak response assessment – Somalia – April 2014
HORN OF AFRICA
9.1.Horn of Africa TAG Report – 10th meeting – Feb 2014
9.2.a.Kenya quarterly outbreak assessment Summary
9.2.b.Kenya quarterly outbreak assessment report 2-11 April 2014
9.3.Horn of Africa outbreak response
9.4.Horn of Africa Outbreak response strategic plan
MIDDLE EAST
10.1.Middle East Technical Polio Bulletin – 21 April 2014
10.2.Middle East Polio Outbreak Response Review final draft – March 2014
10.3.Middle East outbreak response

OTHER DOCUMENTS
11.1.Poliomyelitis: intensification of the global eradication initiative – report to the WHO Executive Board January 2014
11.2.Polio Oversight Board Meeting minutes, 10 January 2014
11.3.Polio Oversight Board Meeting minutes, 10 March 2014
11.5.Polio vaccines: WHO position paper, January 2014. Weekly Epidemiological Record 28 February 2014
11.6.Vaccine-derived polioviruses detected worldwide, July 2012-December 2013. Epidemiological Record 21 March 2014
11.7.Combined use of inactivated and oral poliovirus vaccines in a large-scale campaign in refugee camps and host communities – Kenya, December 2013
11.8.SAGE meeting of November 2013. Weekly Epidemiological Record 3 January 2014
11.9.67th World Health Assembly Polio Report

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Agenda
List of participants

IMB DOCUMENTS
1.1.Fifth IMB Report – June 2012

REPORTS FROM GPEI PARTNERS
2.1GPEI: Report on implementation of previous IMB recommendations
2.1aGPEI: Presentation on 2.1
2.2GPEI: Joint Status Report; 3rd Quarter 2012
2.2aGPEI: Joint Status Report; 3rd Quareter 2012: Annex
2.3GPEI: Global Polio Eradication Update: Weekly Slides
2.4GPEI: Global Polio Eradication Update: Monthly Slides
2.5GPEI: Global Emergency Action Plan 2012-2013
2.6UNICEF: October 2012 – Polio Communications Quarterly Update
2.7SAGE: Key issues to be discussed in November 2012-Polio Meeting
2.8Rotary International: Update Note
2.9WHA: Polio Resolution – May 2012
2.10GPEI: Response to IMB Ten Transformations
2.11CDC – Polio Importation Risk Assessment

COUNTRY DISCUSSION: POLIO SANCTUARIES
AFGHANISTAN
3.1aPresentation for the IMB – National Overview
3.1bPresentation for the IMB – 13 High Risk Districts
3.2Weekly Polio Eradication Update
3.3Weekly Epidemiological Report (Afghanistan & Pakistan)
3.4Emergency Action Plan
3.5Technical Advisory Group – Report (May 2012)
3.6Report of the Independent Review Team
ANGOLA
4.1Presentation fro the IMB
4.2Weekly Polio Eradication Update
4.3Emergency Action Plan
CHAD
5.1Presentation for the IMB
5.2Weekly Polio Eradication Update
5.3Emergency Action Plan
5.4Technical Advisory Group – Report (July 2012)
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
6.1Presentation for the IMB
6.2Weekly Polio Eradication Update
6.3Emergency Action Plan
6.4DR Congo Surveillance Review – June 2012 (French)
NIGERIA
7.1aPresentation for the IMB: National Overview
7.1bPresentation for the IMB: Kano, Kaduna & Katsina
7.1cPresentation for the IMB: Sokoto & Zamfara
7.1dPresentation for the IMB: Borno
7.2Weekly Polio Eradication Update
7.3National Emergency Action Plan
7.4Expert Review Committee – Report (September 2012)
PAKISTAN
8.1Presentations for the IMB
8.2Weekly Polio Eradication Update
8.3Augmented National Emergency Action Plan
8.4Technical Advisory Group – Report (March 2012)
8.5Monthly Bulletin – September 2012

OTHER DOCUMENTS
9.1India: Weekly Epidemiological Report (May 2012)
9.3Africa: Weekly Epidemiological Report
9.4aGlobal Good: Nigeria Modelling
9.4bGlobal Good: Pakistan Modelling
9.5GPEI: Financial Resource Requirements 2012-2013 (as of October 2012)
9.6WER on Global VDPVs – September 2012