Resources with keywords: GAPIII
Statement of the Forty-fourth Meeting of the Polio IHR Emergency Committee
WHO
4 March 2026
Poliovirus PHEIC ongoing since 2014. WHO and CDC require all laboratory workers handling poliovirus or specimens potentially containing poliovirus to be fully vaccinated with IPV. Following global certification of wild poliovirus type 2 and type 3 eradication, all WPV2 and WPV3 work must occur in poliovirus-essential facilities (PEFs) under WHO Global Action Plan III (GAPIII) containment standards. USDA ARS laboratories should confirm no unauthorized poliovirus materials are retained in freezer inventories.
