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The Polio Pipeline newsletter provides a look at what is
coming down the pipeline in terms of research for the Global Polio Eradication
Initiative. This quarterly electronic newsletter is to keep partners and
stakeholders informed on the goals, strategies and status of ongoing and
upcoming research. In addition to news on research, each issue also features
frequently-asked questions and upcoming publications.
To subscribe to the Polio Pipeline, send an email to
the Research and Product Development of the Polio Eradication Department at WHO: polioresearch@who.int .
All issues are downloadable in PDF below.
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Polio Pipeline
Issue 06 Summer 2010: This issue of Polio Pipeline gives an overview
research has played in informing and finalizing the new Global Polio
Eradication Initiative (GPEI) Strategic Plan 2010-2012, which was endorsed
by the World Health Assembly in May. An accelerated research agenda helped
to develop and evaluate a range of new tools and approaches to tackle the
remaining barriers to eradication in the remaining endemic areas, and
facilitate more thorough outbreak response. Among other topics, in this
issue you will find overviews of the programmatic benefits of the new
bivalent oral polio vaccine (OPV), new ways to identify programmatic gaps
and provide a clearer epidemiological picture, and the role of mathematical
modelling in identifying countries/areas at particular risk of outbreaks.
These, and other new approaches, are all institutionalized in the new
Strategic Plan, and research will continue to play a key role in helping to
monitor its implementation and further sensitize the approaches.
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Polio Pipeline
Issue 05 Winter 2010: This issue gives an update on the outcomes of the
recently-held Polio Research Committee, highlights ongoing research needs in
particular on further understanding mucosal immunity in India and addressing
low vaccine coverage in Nigeria, and outlines new approaches such as the
Short Interval Additional Dose (SIAD) strategy.
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Polio Pipeline
Issue 04 Summer 2009: This issue gives an update on the outcomes of the
recently-held Polio Research Committee, highlights ongoing research needs,
and provides an overview of major vaccine trials in India, including the
outcomes of an evaluation of the new bivalent oral polio vaccine.
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Polio
Pipeline Issue 03,
Winter 2009: This issue gives an update on the outcomes of the
recently-held Polio Research Committee, highlights ongoing research needs,
and provides an overview of ongoing work into 'improving inactivated polio
vaccine (IPV)'
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Polio
Pipeline Issue
02, Autumn 2008: Polio lab network, new state-of-the-art
diagnostic method, the role of mathematical modeling, Polio vaccine
development: monovalents, Seroprevalence surveys.
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Polio
Pipeline Issue
01, Summer 2008: introduction to polio research, the Polio
Research Committee inaugural meeting, eliminating needles, improving IPV,
bivalent OPV, conclusions of Advisory Committee on Polio Eradication 2007.
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