Polio Highlight GPEI Statement – 24th IMB Report “The Glass Mountain”GPEI Welcomes 24th Annual Report from the Independent Monitoring Board 22/09/2025
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) welcomes the 24th report from the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB). This report highlights the geopolitical shifts impacting all global health efforts, including the GPEI. The program agrees with the IMB that the reduction in historic donor support—if realized—will create new challenges. In response, the GPEI is identifying ambitious, operational shifts that will help countries fully leverage and align more limited resources to address the resurgence of wild poliovirus in the final endemic countries and counter longstanding barriers to reaching children with polio vaccines in subnational regions facing humanitarian crises. Read more: https://polioeradication.org/news/gpei-statement-24th-imb-report-the-gl… |