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Polio this week as of March 22, 2023
Headlines:
- Wishing a blessed holy month of Ramadan to our friends and colleagues around the world. Ramadan Kareem!
- Sudan’s response to the 2023 polio outbreak showcases coordination. More.
- The Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on immunization (SAGE) is convening this week in Geneva, Switzerland, to deliberate on a broad range of immunization issues, including on polio eradication. In February, the SAGE’s Working Group on Polio Eradication had discussed additional immunization strategies in areas of persistent poliovirus transmission, and the role of inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) and novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2).
- Wild Global Polio Virus 2017 - 2013: see https://polioeradication.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/weekly-polio-analyses-WPV-20230321.pdf