In light of the ongoing spread of poliovirus and the detection of polio disease in various countries, the Forty-second meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations was recently convened by the WHO Director-General.
The Emergency Committee reviewed data on wild poliovirus (WPV1) and circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPV) in the context of the global goals to interrupt WPV1 transmission and achieve certification of its eradication by 2027.
As well as to interrupt and certify the elimination of cVDPV2 by 2029.
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