Poliomyelitis

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Immunization Newsletter, June 2008, Vol XXX, Number 3
IN THIS ISSUE: Measles, Rubella & CRS Elimination; Revolving Fund Operating Procedures; Regional Plan for Syringes; AD Syringes: Design and Use; Estimating Needs for Waste Management; Management of Waste from Injection Activities; Laboratory Containment of Wild Poliovirus More in PDF »

Final Report of the AMR RCC, Brasilia, Brazil - 28-29 February 2008
Final Report of the Second Meeting of the American Regional Commission for Certification of Poliovirus Laboratory Containment and Verification of Poliofree Status (AMR RCC), Brasilia, Brazil - 28-29 February 2008 More in PDF »

5th Annual Vaccination Week in the Americas, (VWA) 2007 - Final Report
Vaccination Week in the Americas (VWA) originated with a proposal by the ministers of health of the Andean countries aimed at controlling a measles outbreak in Venezuela and Colombia in 2002. It became a hemispheric initiative in 2003, when the Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) adopted Resolution CD44.R1. More in PDF »

Immunization Newsletter, August 2007, Vol XXIX, Number 4
IN THIS ISSUE: Newborn Hearing Screening in Costa Rica; XIX Meeting of Central American Region, Mexico, and the Latin Caribbean; Solid Waste Recycling in Bolivia; Vaccine Storage in Health Unit Refrigerators; In Memoriam: Gloria García Santibañez More in PDF »

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Poliomyelitis

Case Definition
Investigation Form

Laboratory Containment

Final Report of the 2nd AMR RCC Meeting
Final report of the 1st AMR RCC Meeting

WHO Polio Sites

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WHO-AFRO
WHO-EMRO
WHO-SEARO
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Polio Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 23, No. 40 - Week ending 4 October 2008 [PDF]

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Polio Info for Travellers 2008

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EPI Newsletter

Polio Weekly Bulletin

Polio Field Guide

Number of Cases

Summary: 1988-2007

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