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THE 2022 Scientific Declaration on Polio Eradication, launched in October 2022, has been signed so far by over 2,800 leading scientists, clinicians and public health experts from 110 countries. This historic effort brings together a diverse and globally representative group of experts to re-energize the global community in light of recent setbacks to finally achieve a polio-free world.
The Declaration lays out the urgent need to end polio now, while offering expert perspective on the promise of the new tools in the GPEI’s 2022-2026 Strategy, the benefits of polio investments on health systems, and the unacceptable consequences of failing to eradicate the disease.
The signatories call on all partners, donors, polio-affected country leaders, and communities to recommit to the goal of eradication and fully fund the polio program, ensuring children everywhere are protected from this devastating preventable disease.
The declaration is co-led by 10 leading health experts from across the world.
Dr. Zulfi Bhutta (Chair of Child Global Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Canada, and Professor, Aga Khan University) – PAKISTAN
Dr. Walt Orenstein (Associate Director, Emory University Vaccine Center) – UNITED STATES
Dr. Rose Gana Fomban Leke (Chair, Africa Regional Certification Commission and Professor, University of Yaounde) – CAMEROON
Dr. Naveen Thacker (President-Elect, International Pediatric Association) – INDIA
Dr. Nísia Trindade Lima (President, FIOCRUZ) – BRAZIL
Dr. Oyewale Tomori (Past President, Nigerian Academy of Science and Professor, Redeemer’s University) – NIGERIA
Dr. George Gao (Vice President, National Natural Science Foundation of China and Dean, Medical School of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences) – CHINA
Dr. Ilesh Jani (Director-General, Instituto Nacional de Saúde (National Institute of Health) – MOZAMBIQUE
Dr. Maha Barakat (Director General of the Frontline Heroes Office, Senior Advisor at Mubadala, and former Director General of the Health Authority Abu Dhabi) – UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Dame Sally Davies (Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, and former Chief Medical Officer for England) – UNITED KINGDOM
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