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Mashup Score: 5GPEI-Polio this week - 2 month(s) ago
Two Wild Poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases were reported from Dera Bugti and Chaman districts of Balochistan, Pakistan. The cases had onset of paralysis on 22 February 2024 and 29 February 2024. The virus isolated from the cases are linked to the YB3A cluster that was detected in environmental samples in Quetta and Chaman in 2023. Outbreak response to the detected cases in Balochistan and recent environmental detections from other districts are ongoing with a polio vaccination camp aign taking place from
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Mashup Score: 56GPEI-Homepage - 2 month(s) ago
Since the Republic of Congo first confirmed a case of cVDPV1 in March 2023 (the first such detection in more than two decades),… At the earliest signs of the ongoing conflict in Sudan, in the middle of April, WHO’s country team sprang into action. After all… Says commitment to polio eradication remains commendable, interruption of wild poliovirus is possible in six months with support… Cases and positive Environmental Isolates as of 9 August 2023 Headlines The Strategy Committee of the Global Polio
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If you want to learn more about polio & polio vaccines, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative has lots of great learning resources: https://t.co/pGMBxSMDGn
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Mashup Score: 176GPEI-GPEI press release on nOPV2 prequalification - 4 month(s) ago
WHO grants prequalification to innovative polio vaccine, nOPV2, as nearly 1 billion doses are administered
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Great start of 2024 for public health with a new prequalified vaccine to #EndPolio: https://t.co/118H5szOOp The novel oral #polio vaccine type 2 was under the Emergency Use Listing since March 2021. Nearly 1 billion doses have been administered across 35 countries, protecting… https://t.co/dC0A0mRQoo https://t.co/CbUk9m0x8S
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Mashup Score: 10GPEI-Two years since rollout of novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2): How’s it all working out? - 1 year(s) ago
An interview with co-leads of GPEI’s nOPV Working Group on nOPV2 field use to date
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I am calling on @CDCgov to release genome sequences of nOPV2 isolates from children paralyzed after receiving that vaccine in DRC and Burundi as described here https://t.co/0AGU1YrN5o Isolates are recombinants and it is important for the scientific community to study them
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Mashup Score: 1GPEI-This Week - 1 year(s) ago
Polio this week as of 13 December The Forum on Immunization and Polio Eradication in Africa was held this past weekend in Dakar, Senegal, hosted by H.E. President Macky Sall, President of Senegal and Chair of the African Union (AU), who was joined by Umaro Embaló President of Guinea-Bissau and Chair of ECOWAS. The event was co-hosted by the Government of Senegal, Africa CDC, World Health…
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Summary of new polioviruses this week • Afghanistan: 4 WPV1 positive environmental samples • Pakistan: 2 WPV1 positive environmental samples • Botswana: 1 cVDPV2 positive environmental sample •DR Congo: 19 cVDPV2 cases & 1 positive environmental sample https://t.co/z5ZSHzdPL2
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Mashup Score: 0GPEI-Vaccine-Derived Polioviruses - 1 year(s) ago
Français Circulating Vaccine-Derived Polioviruses Wild poliovirus (WPV) is the most commonly known form of the poliovirus. However, there is another form of polio that can spread within communities: circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus, or cVDPV. While cVDPVs are rare, they have been increasing in recent years due to low immunization rates within communities. cVDPV type 2 (cVDPV2) are the most…
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Here’s a brief explanation of vaccine-derived polio. https://t.co/gccNxQyAeI
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Mashup Score: 9GPEI-This Week - 1 year(s) ago
Polio this week as of 16 November What is the real context of this year’s various global detections to the worldwide eradication effort? In this editorial published in International Health, Aidan O’Leary, Director of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, offers some answers… GPEI midterm evaluation of Gender Equality Strategy published. Click here for more. Summary of new polioviruses this…
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Summary of new polioviruses this week: •Afghanistan: two WPV1 positive environmental samples •DR Congo: six cVDPV1 cases and 17 cVDPV2 cases •Nigeria: three cVDPV2 positive environmental samples •Yemen: four cVDPV2 cases https://t.co/z5ZSHzdPL2
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Mashup Score: 1GPEI-Women Leaders in Polio Eradication: Dr. Folake Olayinka - 2 year(s) ago
Dr. Folake Olayinka speaks about overcoming gender-related barriers to immunization.
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RT @joflakes: https://t.co/7pWpwxMBXo The last hurdles for polio eradication will be on the frontlines. #GPEI
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Mashup Score: 3GPEI-This Week - 2 year(s) ago
Polio this week as of 05 October With two weeks to go to the global GPEI pledging moment in Berlin on 18 October, the GPEI has been increasingly receiving contributions to the polio eradication effort from private individuals around the world, wishing to contribute their own resources to the goal of a polio-free world. The pledging moment will provide the ideal platform for public-sector…
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Pakistan and Mozambique report more wild poliovirus cases https://t.co/z5ZSHzenAA
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Mashup Score: 9GPEI-What it took to draw a line under a polio outbreak in Sudan - 2 year(s) ago
The Republic of Sudan closed a polio outbreak on 15 September 2022. It had paralyzed 58 children across 42 districts before it stopped circulating.
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GPEI-What it took to draw a line under a polio outbreak in Sudan https://t.co/zEiqzTa8jo
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“Pakistan reported two wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases this week, marking its first of 2024. Both patients experienced paralysis onset in February and are from Balochistan province, which has been one of the country's hot spots” https://t.co/Lzasg0gl86