GPEI-Polio Endgame Strategy (2024)

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What is the endgame strategy for polio eradication? ›

The Polio Endgame Strategy 2019–2023 addresses three key risks towards achieving global WPV eradication: 1. Insecurity and conflict: The last remaining polio-affected regions are often plagued by conflict. Insecurity may motivate families to move en masse to refugee or internally displaced population (IDP) camps.

The GPEI will transform its approach in each region and country through five mutually reinforcing objectives that lay the foundation to achieve two elemental goals: Goal One to permanently interrupt all poliovirus transmission in the final WPV-endemic countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan, and Goal Two to stop ...

The basic strategies to eradicate polio are: attaining high routine coverage with at least three doses of OPV; conducting national immunization days (NIDs) in polio endemic countries; establishing a sensitive system of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance to track wild poliovirus circulation; and conducting " ...

Polio can be prevented through immunization. Polio vaccine, given multiple times, almost always protects a child for life.

We delivered around 1 billion doses of polio vaccine to 172 million children each year over the course of four years leading up to the last case. And many more in the years after. Taking a step back to reflect on this journey, there were several factors contributing to the monumental success of ending polio in India.

The Strategy Committee of the GPEI is an executive committee set up by the POB to oversee the management and execution of the Polio Endgame Plan. It is accountable for the achievement of programmatic objectives.

The goal of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative is to ensure that no child anywhere will ever again be paralysed by any form of poliovirus.

a polio – free world.

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative is a public-private partnership led by national governments with six core partners - the World Health Organization (WHO), Rotary International, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the Bill & Melinda Gates ...

What are the end polio eradication activities? ›

The initiative is driven by up to 339,521 trained and dedicated polio workers, the largest surveillance network in the world, quality data collection and analysis, behavioral change communication, state of the art laboratories, and some of the best epidemiologists and public health experts in Pakistan and the world.

The researchers found that external factors (e.g., social, political, and economic) were the most cited barriers to polio eradication activities. Moreover, they did not find significant facilitators to polio eradication.

In most cases, post-polio syndrome life expectancy is good. PPS is rarely life-threatening, though symptoms can vary from mild to severe. If you have PPS, talk to your doctor about how to manage your condition.

Polio is caused by 1 of 3 types of the poliovirus. It often spreads due to contact with infected feces. This often happens from poor handwashing. It can also happen from eating or drinking contaminated food or water.

One in 200 infections leads to irreversible paralysis (usually in the legs). Among those paralysed, 5–10% die when their breathing muscles become immobilized. Polio mainly affects children under 5 years of age. However, anyone of any age who is unvaccinated can contract the disease.

Several key strategies have been outlined for stopping polio transmission: High infant immunization coverage with four doses of oral polio vaccine (OPV) in the first year of life in developing and endemic countries, and routine immunization with OPV or IPV elsewhere.

The number of polio cases caused by circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPVs; circulating vaccine virus strains that have reverted to neurovirulence) decreased from 881 in 2022 to 524 in 2023; cVDPV outbreaks (defined as either a cVDPV case with evidence of circulation or at least two positive environmental ...

The Strategic Action Plan on Polio Transition (2018 – 2023) outlines two areas, essential immunization and emergency response, where the transition of polio assets and infrastructure can assist with strengthening operations.

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative is a public-private partnership led by national governments with six core partners - the World Health Organization (WHO), Rotary International, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the Bill & Melinda Gates ...