Evaluations

Independent evaluation of the major barriers to interrupting poliovirus transmission (2009)

This document presents the findings of an independent evaluation, which was conducted in 2009 to review the remaining barriers to interrupting polio transmission.

The evaluation team expressed confidence that if managerial, security and technical issues it identified can be addressed, "polio eradication can be achieved”, but the Global Polio Eradication Initiative should “not make too optimistic projections."

Executive summary: English [pdf 280kb] | French [pdf 311kb] | Portuguese [pdf 303kb]

Report on international spread: English [pdf 1.1MB] | French [pdf 1.1MB]| Portuguese [pdf 1.1MB]

Country reports (English only): Nigeria [pdf 570kb] | India [pdf 167kb] | Pakistan [pdf 309kb]| Afghanistan [pdf 3.7MB]
Overview and evaluation of The Polio Eradication Initiative, 1985–2000, and DFID’s contribution to date, December 2001

Thematic evaluations in 2001: Evaluation of WHO’s Poliomyelitis Eradication Initiative [pdf 128kb]
Report by the Director-General EBPDC 8/3
13 December 2001