13th Meeting of the Regional Certification Commission for the Polio Endgame in the Region of the Americas Report

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The 13th Meeting of the Regional Certification Commission (RCC) for the Polio Endgame in the Region of the Americas was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. RCC members and the PAHO Secretariat participated in an initial meeting in which the current global and regional polio situation was presented, and the review methodology was discussed. Between October 13 and November 29, the RCC discussed 20 Annual Reports on polio eradication status and 5 updated Containment Reports. The country validation results, and the final meeting report were discussed and approved by all RCC members.