Poliomyelitis (polio) - World Health Organization (WHO)
Jul 28, 2025 · Poliomyelitis (polio) is a highly infectious viral disease that largely affects children under 5 years of age. The virus is transmitted by person-to-person spread mainly through the faecal-oral …
Poliomyelitis - World Health Organization (WHO)
Apr 2, 2025 · WHO fact sheet on poliomyelitis, a highly infectious disease caused by a virus. The fact sheet includes key facts, global caseload, Global Eradication Initiative, progress, WHO response.
Poliomielitis - World Health Organization (WHO)
La poliomielitis afecta sobre todo a los menores de 5 años. La atención de la iniciativa de erradicación de la poliomielitis está centrada en las bolsas persistentes de transmisión de la enfermedad …
Poliomyelitis - World Health Organization (WHO)
Apr 2, 2025 · The poliovirus can easily be imported into a polio-free country and can spread rapidly amongst unimmunized populations. Failure to eradicate polio would result in global resurgence of the …
Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) - Papua New …
May 20, 2025 · The detection of circulating type 2 poliovirus is classified as a “polio outbreak”, in accordance with the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) Standard Operating Procedures for …
Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals
Aug 16, 2020 · Polio can be prevented through immunization. Polio vaccine, given multiple times, almost always protects a child for life. The development of effective vaccines to prevent paralytic polio was …
Statement of the Forty-third meeting of the Polio IHR Emergency …
Nov 11, 2025 · The Forty-second meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) on the international spread of poliovirus was convened by the WHO …
Poliovirus IHR Emergency Committee - World Health Organization …
Aug 13, 2020 · The IHR Emergency Committee concerning ongoing events and context involving transmission and international spread of poliovirus held its first meeting on 28 and 29 April 2014 and …
Poliomyélite - World Health Organization (WHO)
Apr 2, 2025 · La poliomyélite touche principalement les enfants de moins de cinq ans. Une infection sur 200 entraîne une paralysie irréversible. Parmi les sujets paralysés, 5 à 10 % meurent lorsque leurs …
Mass polio vaccination campaign to continue in the Gaza Strip
Feb 19, 2025 · The second round of the polio vaccination campaign in the Gaza Strip was completed yesterday, with an overall 556 774 children under the age of 10 being vaccinated with a second dose …