GPEI Chairs Issue Joint Statement To Polio Eradicators To ‘Reach Very Last Child With Polio Vaccine’ To End Disease

Global Polio Eradication Initiative: “To Succeed by 2030” — Extraordinary Joint Statement to Polio Eradicators
“In an extraordinary joint statement by the chairs of the main independent, advisory, and oversight committees of the GPEI, the chairs urge everyone involved in polio eradication to ensure polio will finally be assigned to the history books by 2023. … The statement … issues an impassioned plea to everyone to dedicate themselves to one clear objective: to reach that very last child with polio vaccine…” (1/23).

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