Report on the Meeting of the Technical Advisory Group on Poliomyelitis Eradication in Pakistan

Overview

The Pakistan Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on Poliomyelitis Eradication met in Islamabad on 21–22 March at a time when polio eradication has been declared a “programmatic emergency for global public health” and 3 countries, Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan, are driving global transmission of polioviruses. The objectives of the meeting were to review progress towards poliomyelitis eradication in the first quarter after the launch of the augmented national emergency action plan. This was the first meeting of the Pakistan-specific TAG, as previously it was combined for Afghanistan and Pakistan. The objective of separate TAGs is to provide more focus and in-depth review of the country programmes.