To minimize the risk of vaccine-derived poliovirus emergences, the novel oral poliovirus vaccine type 2 (nOPV2), was bioengineered to have increased genetic stability compared to Sabin OPV and recommended for outbreak response Emergency Use Listing by WHO. Although pregnant women are not a target populat...
The global polio eradication initiative (gpei) has made steady progress toward the eradication target since its inception in 1988 [1]. the number of paralytic cases due to wild poliovirus has declined worldwide by >99.9%, and 2 of the 3 wild poliovirus serotypes have been declared eradicated by an indepe...
Measles elimination has been on the World Health Organization agenda for the last fifteen
years. Progress towards elimination has been made. However, it has not been uniform around
the world. On the African continent, the vaccine coverage rate is the lowest in the world and
the disease burden is the high...
