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GPEI Virtual Update on Polio Eradication

November 13, 2024 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am EST

Join leaders from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) for an update on the global effort to eradicate polio moving into 2025. Pre-registration is required! 

This 60-minute program will feature: 

– Expert perspectives on pressing challenges and inspiring progress to end polio, from Pakistan and Afghanistan to Nigeria and the DRC

– The latest on polio vaccination efforts in Gaza

– An update on the inspiring work of Team End Polio

– A live Q&A open to all participants

Speakers include: 

– Tsedeye Girma, Global Polio Outbreak Coordinator, UNICEF

– Dr. Hamid Jafari, Polio Director, WHO EMRO

– Dr. Stella Anyangwe, EndPolioNow Coordinator, Rotary South Africa

The webinar will have live interpretation in French. Pre-registration is required. For questions, please contact poliogcg@globalhealthstrategies.com