Assessment of polio outbreak response in Ukraine brings country major step closer to official closure of the outbreak - ISS-G20 Laboratorium Repository

Partners in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), including WHO, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), conducted an assessment of the overall response in Ukraine to an outbreak of paralytic poliomyelitis (polio) first detected in the country in October 2021. 

The outbreak response assessment (OBRA), conducted on 23–26 May 2023, aimed to evaluate the risk of undetected transmission of poliovirus in Ukraine by reviewing the surveillance, vaccination and communication activities implemented in the outbreak response. 

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