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MORE Poliomyelitis Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 45 - Week ending 14 November 2009 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 44 - Week ending 7 November 2009 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Highlight, week (44) ending 7 November 2009 Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication Nigeria, January 2008--July 2009  MMWR Polio Weekly Highlight, week (43) ending 31 October 2009 Update: Global wild polio cases, 2000-2009 Global wild polio cases Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 43 - Week ending 31 October 2009 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Brochure: Immunization in the Americas, 2009 Summary This brochure highlights some of the achievements in immunization and summarizes 2008 key regional data in the Americas.  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Highlight, week (42) ending 24 October 2009 Decreasing AFP Rates in Latin American Countries  Descending AFP Rate Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 42 - Week ending 24 October 2009 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 41 - Week ending 17 October 2009 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Highlight, week (41) ending 17 October 2009 Officially Reported Wild Virus Cases on 20 October 2009   |More| Polio Weekly Highlight, week (40) ending 10 October 2009 Monthly distribution of Wild Poliovirus (WPV) cases, 2001-2009  Wild Poliovirus Cases Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 40 - Week ending 10 October 2009 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 39 - Week ending 3 de octubre 2009 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Highlight, week (39) ending 3 Octobert 2009 Technical Advisory Group on Vaccine-preventable Diseases (TAG) recommendation on polio containment   |More| Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 38 - Week ending 26 September 2009 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Highlight, week (38) ending 26 September 2009 Pilgrims Who Travel to Mecca This Fall Will Get an Oral Polio Vaccine on Arrival   |More| Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 37 - Week ending 19 September 2009 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 36 - Week ending 12 de septiembre 2009 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 35 - Week ending 5 de septiembre 2009 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Highlight, week (34) ending 29 August 2009 Comparison of 2008 and 2009 Data  AFP Data Comparison Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 34 - Week ending 29 de agosto 2009 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 33 - Week ending 22 de agosto 2009 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Highlight, week (33) ending 22 August 2009 Outbreak Management  |More| Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 32 - Week ending 15 de agosto 2009 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 31 - Week ending 8 de agosto 2009 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Highlight, week (31) ending 8 August 2009 Officially reported wild virus cases (11 Aug 2009)  |More| Polio Weekly Highlight, week (30) ending 1 August 2009 Achieving polio eradication: a review of health communication evidence and lessons learned in India and Pakistan   |More| Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 30 - Week ending 1 de agosto 2009 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Highlight, week (29) ending 25 July 2009 Circulating Vaccine-derived Polioviruses Circulating VDPV Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 29 - Week ending 25 July 2009 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 28 - Week ending 18 July 2009 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Highlight, week (28) ending 18 July 2009 Polio Eradication: Strengthening The Weakest Links   |More| Polio Weekly Highlight, week (27) ending 11 July 2009 Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication --- India, January 2007--May 2009 MMWR. July 10, 2009 / 58(26);719-723. MMWR Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 27 - Week ending 11 July 2009 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Highlight, week (26) ending 4 July 2009 Rate of Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP), The Americas, 2008 Afp Rate, 2008 Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 26 - Week ending 4 Jule 2009 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Highlight, week (25) ending 27 June 2009 Nathanson et al on US polio surveillance, 1956 and the Cutter incident in 1955.   |More| Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 25 - Week ending 27 June 2009 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Highlight, week (24) ending 20 June 2009 UN Head in Polio Eradication Call   |More| Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 24 - Week ending 20 June 2009 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Highlight, week (23) ending 13 June 2009 Wild Poliovirus-infected Districts*, 17 Dec 2008 – 16 Jun 2009 Wild Polio-infected Districts Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 23 - Week ending 13 June 2009 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Highlight, week (22) ending 6 June 2009 US PRESIDENT OBAMA ON POLIO  |More| Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 22 - Week ending 6 June 2009 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 21 - Week ending 30 May 2009 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Highlight, week (21) ending 30 May 2009 SABIN-DERIVED POLIO CASE REPORTED BY ARGENTINA: MAY 2009 A vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV) has been isolated in an AFP case in Argentina. The case is a 15-month old child with hypogammaglobulinemia. Control measures have been conducted by the national authorities. No other AFP cases were found. (Report available Only in Spanish)  Case of VDPV in Argentina Polio Weekly Highlight, week (20) ending 23 May 2009 Polio in the World Health Assembly 2009   |More| Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 20 - Week ending 23 May 2009 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 19 - Week ending 16 May 2009 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Highlight, week (19) ending 16 May 2009 Percent of AFP cases with one stool sample taken within 15 days of paralysis onset, Region of the Americas, 2007-2008 AFP with Adequate Sample Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 18 - Week ending 9 May 2009 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Highlight, week (18) ending 9 May 2009 Update: Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP)Cases Pending Classification, 2008 AFP Pending Final Classification Polio Weekly Highlight, week (17) ending 2 May 2009 In response to the current outbreaks of A(H1N1) influenza, the polio surveillance network - comprising almost 3400 technical staff in more than 70 countries - has been requested to actively look for any unusual clusters of influenza-like cases. (Source: World Health Organization) Update: Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP)Cases Pending Classification, 2008 AFP Pending Classification Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 17 - Week ending 2 May 2009 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 16 - Week ending 25 April 2009 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 15 - Week ending 18 April 2009 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Highlight, week (15) ending 18 April 2009 Update: Global wild polio cases, 2000-2008  Global wild polio cases Polio Weekly Highlight, week (14) ending 11 April 2009 Update: Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP)Cases Pending Classification, 2008  |More| Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 14 - Week ending 11 April 2009 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 13 - Week ending 4 April 2009 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Highlight, week (13) ending 4 April 2009 Update: Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP)Cases Pending Classification, 2008 AFP Pending Classification Polio Weekly Highlight, week (12) ending 28 March 2009 Performance of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance and incidence of poliomyelitis, 2008 Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 12 - Week ending 28 March 2009 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 11 - Week ending 21 March 2009 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Highlight, week (11) ending 21 March 2009 Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP)Cases Pending Classification, 2008 AFP Pending Classification Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 10 - Week ending 14 March 2009 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Highlight, week (10) ending 14 March 2009 Progress towards poliomyelitis eradication in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2008 Poliomyelitis in Sudan: heightened risk of international spread Available at: http://www.who.int/wer/2009/wer8410/en/index.html  Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 9 - Week ending 7 March 2009 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Highlight, week (9) ending 7 March 2009 Comparison of 2007 and 2008 Data  AFP Data Comaprison Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 8 - Week ending 28 February 2009 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Highlight, week (8) ending 28 February 2009 Case definition for notification of poliomyelitis due to wild-type poliovirus under the IHR (2005)   |More| Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 7 - Week ending 21 February 2009 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Highlight, week (7) ending 21 February 2009 Acute Flaccid Paralysis Rate per 100,000 children <15 years of Age, 2000-2008 Central America, Brazil, Mexico and the Caribbean  Andean Region and Southern Cone Polio Weekly Highlight, week (6) ending 14 February 2009 Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) cases by Classification Status, the Americas, 2008 AFP Classification, 2008 Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 6 - Week ending 14 February 2009 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 5 - Week ending 7 February 2009 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Highlight, week (5) ending 7 February 2009 Estimating the Extent of VDPV  |More| Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 4 - Week ending 31 January 2009 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 3 - Week ending 24 January 2009 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 2 - Week ending 17 January 2009 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Highlight, week (2) ending 17 January 2009 Global wild polio cases, 1988-2008  Global polio cases Polio Weekly Highlight, week (1) ending 10 January 2009 Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) Rate per 100,000 Children <15 Years of Age, Latin America and the Caribbean, 2008* AFP Rate, 2008 Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 1 - Week ending 10 January 2009 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 23, No. 53 - Week ending 3 January 2009 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 23, No. 52 - Week ending 27 December 2008 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 23, No. 51 - Week ending 20 December 2008 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 23, No. 50 - Week ending 13 December 2008 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Highlight, week (50) ending 13 December 2008 Albert Sabin and the Coalition to Eliminate Polio From the Americas  |More| Polio Weekly Highlight, week (49) ending 6 December 2008 Comparison of 2007 and 2008 Data Year to Date  Polio Data Comparison Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 23, No. 49 - Week ending 6 December 2008 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Immunization Newsletter, December 2008, Vol XXX, Number 6 IN THIS ISSUE: St. Maarten Completes Two Vaccine Coverage Surveys; ProVac Workshop: The Case of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine; ProVac Workshop: Feedback from Country Teams ;Update on Certification of Polio Laboratory Containment; Measles/Rubella/CRS: Final Classification, 2007  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Highlight, week (48) ending 29 November 2008 Distribution of virus isolated from AFP cases, Latin America and the Caribbean, 2007-2008 Polio Virus Isolation, 2007-08 Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 23, No. 48 - Week ending 29 November 2008 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 23, No. 47 - Week ending 22 November 2008 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Highlight, week (47) ending 22 November 2008 Proportion of Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) cases pending classification, the Americas, 2008 AFP Pending Classification An ACHIEVABLE DREAM: Eliminating some Diseases from the Region "When envisioning the future of public health in the Americas, we can and should dare to dream of victories that greatly benefit all citizens and have a real impact on the human development levels of our peoples. Eliminating certain illnesses or diseases that still afflict our peoples even though we possess the knowledge and tools with which to make them virtually disappear is one of those achievable dreams."   |More| CSP27.R10: Regional Policy and Strategy for Ensuring Quality of Health Care, Including Patient Safety This resolution from the 27th Pan American Sanitary Conference in 2007 sets forth the PAHO mandate for providing effective, safe, efficient, accessible, appropriate, and satisfactory care for users, recognizing that policies are needed in the health sector that will impact the health care continuum, foster citizen involvement, and promote a culture of quality and safety in health care institution. CSP27.R10 Immunization Country Profiles in the Americas Country profiles  XVII Technical Advisory Group (TAG) Abstract, 2006 Abstract book of the The XVII Technical Advisory Group(TAG) Meeting on Vaccine Preventable-Diseases of the Pan American Health Organization, held in Guatemala City, Guatemala, July 2006.  |More in PDF| XVII Technical Advisory Group (TAG) Meeting on Vaccine Preventable-Diseases, 2006 Final report of the The XVII Technical Advisory Group(TAG) Meeting on Vaccine Preventable-Diseases of the Pan American Health Organization, held in Guatemala City, Guatemala, July 2006.  |More in PDF| A Guide to Healthy Food Markets With over half of the world’s population now living in urban areas, food markets have become important sources of affordable food for many millions of people. At the same time, however, such markets have been associated with major outbreaks of diseases, including cholera, SARS and avian influenza. This link goes to the full-text 42-page guide on the WHO website. WHO Foodborne Pathogens and Disease This links is to the major online journal, which in turn also offers links to other scholarly articles on the topic. Liebert, Inc. Publishers Eradication of Poliomyelitis Field Guide, Third Edition, 2005 This Poliomyelitis Eradication Field Guide presents information and strategies that health workers in the Americas should be familiar with in order to keep the hemisphere polio-free. Download PDF file Immunization Guides This series is the gold standard for hands-on, highly practical field guides for use by national immunization programs in their battle against vaccine preventable diseases. Each guide describes the clinical and epidemiological aspects of a specific disease and offers targeted strategies for its prevention and control.  |More| Immunization Field Guides, 2005 Technical documents to aid health workiers in control and eradication of vaccine-preventable diseases.   |More| Pan American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 18 No. 1 July 2005 Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública/Pan American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 18 No. 1 July 2005 Online Bookstore Perspectives in Health - Volume 10, Number 2, 2005 Magazine published by the Pan American Health Organization. This edition features the following articles: Bird Flu: Communicating the Risk - The Man Who Made Polio History - All He Talks About Is Sex - Mothers and Children: Make Them Count - Kids' Sports for Life  |More| XVI Technical Advisory Group (TAG) Abstract, 2004 Abstract book of the The XVI Technical Advisory Group(TAG) Meeting on Vaccine Preventable-Diseases of the Pan American Health Organization, held in Mexico City, Mexico, November 2004.  |More in PDF| Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 20, No. 6 - Week ending 12 February 2005 Poliovirus surveillance - AFP cases and indicators   |More in PDF| XVI Technical Advisory Group (TAG) Meeting on Vaccine Preventable-Diseases, 2004 Final report of the The XVI Technical Advisory Group(TAG) Meeting on Vaccine Preventable-Diseases of the Pan American Health Organization, held in Mexico City, Mexico, November 3-5, 2004.  |More in PDF| Perspectives in Health - Volume 8, Number 3, 2003 Magazine published three times a year by the Pan American Health Organization. This edition features the following articles: The Violence Pandemic - Chronicling the End of Polio - Battling over Biotechnology - Crusaders for Animal Health - Purple Death: The Great Flu of 1918  |More| CD44.R6: Primary Health Care in the Americas: Lessons Learned over 25 Years and Future Challenges This resolution from the 44th PAHO Directing Council in 2003, taking into consideration the Declaration of Alma-Ata and past PAHO resolutions, sets forth the mandate of improving the quality of primary care in the Americas: more equitable access to health services, improved surveillance and information systems in this context, improved training for healthcare workers, a health promotion approach, better policy implementation, local community-based approaches and models, working towards the Millennium Development Goals, etc. CD44.R6 Perspectives in Health - Volume 8, Number 2, 2003 Magazine published three times a year by the Pan American Health Organization. This edition features the following articles: Alma-Ata Revisited - Love, Tears, Betrayal ...and Health Messages - An Act of Love: Vaccination Week in the Americas - Cuba's Jewel of Tropical Medicine - Hasta la Vista, Paradise!  |More| XV Technical Advisory Group Meeting on Vaccine Preventable-Diseases (TAG) Conclusions and Recommendations of the The XV Technical Advisory Group Meeting on Vaccine Preventable-Diseases (TAG) of the Pan American Health Organization, was held in Washington, DC, USA, November 22-23, 2002  |More in PDF| WHO Disease Outbreak News This link provides access to the latest WHO updates and archives on disease outbreaks throughout the world.  WHO XIV Technical Advisory Group Meeting on Vaccine Preventable-Diseases (TAG) Conclusions and Recommendations of the The XIV Technical Advisory Group Meeting on Vaccine Preventable-Diseases (TAG) of the Pan American Health Organization, was held in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, October 2-5, 2000  |More| |More in PDF| XIII Technical Advisory Group Meeting on Vaccine Preventable-Diseases (TAG) Conclusions and Recommendations of the The XIII Technical Advisory Group Meeting on Vaccine Preventable-Diseases (TAG) of the Pan American Health Organization, was held in Hull, Quebec, April 12-16, 1999. Formed in 1985 during the polio eradication campaign, the TAG meets every two years and functions as the leading forum to promote regional initiatives aimed at controlling and eliminating vaccine-preventable diseases. One of its main objectives has been to strengthen the policy dialogue on immunization among governments in the Region and participating agencies.   |More in PDF| XII Technical Advisory Group Meeting on Vaccine Preventable-Diseases (TAG) The Twelfth Technical Advisory Group Meeting on Vaccine Preventable-Diseases (TAG) of the Pan American Health Organization, was held in Guatemala, September 8-12, 1997. Formed in 1985 during the polio eradication campaign, the TAG meets every two years and functions as the leading forum to promote regional initiatives aimed at controlling and eliminating vaccine-preventable diseases. One of its main objectives has been to strengthen the policy dialogue on immunization among governments in the Region and participating agencies.  |More|

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