Certification of Poliomyelitis Eradication in the European Region: report on a WHO meeting: Vienna, Austria, 16–17 December 1997
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In order for the global eradication of poliovirus transmission to be certified, each WHO region must be certified free of polioviruses. In 1996, the WHO Regional Director for Europe appointed the European Certification Commission. For regional certification, national committees from each country will submit for formal review all available data in a standardized format to demonstrate the absence of poliovirus circulation for three years or more and the capability of rapidly detecting and limiting any poliovirus importation. This meeting was held to brief the chairmen of the 34 countries requested to first present documentation to the Commission (the Baltic countries and Belarus were briefed separately). The Regional Commission has requested the national committees to submit documentation bythe end of March 1998 from Denmark, Finland, Netherlands and the United Kingdom (Group 1), by the end of September 1998 from northern and western European countries (Group 2) and by the end of December 1998 from southern and central European countries (Group 3). The respective documentation will be reviewed in April 1998, January 1999 and April 1999. Committees from other countries in the Region will submit documentation in 1999 and 2000. It is anticipated that in 2001 the Regional Commission will conclude that the European Region has eliminated wild poliovirus transmission. The work of national committees and regional commissions will continue and reports will need to be updated until eradication can be certified for the whole world. Effective surveillance will need to be continued until immunization stops. Acute flaccid paralysis surveillance is the standard method in support of certification, with performance indicators that have been well evaluated. Countries embarking on alternative or complementary approaches should ensure that the sensitivity and comprehensiveness of surveillance and laboratory competence are comparable.
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World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe (1998). Certification of Poliomyelitis Eradication in the European Region: report on a WHO meeting: Vienna, Austria, 16–17 December 1997. World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe. https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/347394
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WHO/EURO:1998-3847-43606-61268
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