• The Emergency Committee reviewed data on wild poliovirus (WPV1) and circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPV) with context to the global target of interruption and certification of WPV1 eradication by 2027 and cVDPV2 elimination by 2029.

• Data indicate global transmission of WPV1 is geographically limited to two endemic countries, but there was intensifying transmission within these countries in 2024 i.e. Pakistan and Afghanistan.

• The committee noted much of cVDPv outbreaks are linked to lack of house to house vaccination campaigns, inaccessibility, insecurity, and high concentrations of zero-dose and underimmunized children with continued population displacement.

• The committee unanimously agreed that the risk of international spread of polio virus is a public health emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) and recommended the extension of temporary recommendations for another 3 months.

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