World Health Organization (WHO) has said the spread of international spread of polio remains a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). The body also recommended the extension of the Temporary Recommendations for a further three months to Director-General Margaret Chan. The Emergency Committee the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) reviewed the data on wild poliovirus as well as vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPV). While there has been a decline in the spread of wild poliovirus worldwide, the threat from the disease is eminent.

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