Coffee with Polio Experts: Anand Balachandran, WHO (Video)
Anand Balachandran, former Coordinator Polio Transition, speaks to the GPEI about ensuring the infrastructure built up to eradicate polio will continue to benefit broader public health goals, long after the disease has been eradicated.
Coffee with Polio Experts: Honorine Mollard Billard, WHO (Video)
Honorine Mollard Billard, Polio Eradication Officer at WHO, speaks to the GPEI about critical country support to vaccination campaigns in Lao PDR, why it is important for polio-free countries to maintain high immunity, and the additional health interventions offered to communities during a polio campaign.
Coffee with Polio Experts: Prof David Heymann, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (Video)
David Heymann, long-time public health expert, discusses what lessons smallpox eradication teaches us in eradicating a disease, and why it is critical to complete the job of polio eradication.
Coffee with Polio Experts: Mohammed Mohammedi, WHO (Video)
Mohammed Mohammedi, country support officer for the Eastern Mediterranean region, speaks to the GPEI about the main challenges facing countries and communities which are at risk of re-infection.
Coffee with Polio Experts: Carolyn Sein, WHO (Video)
"Coffee with the Polio Experts" featuring Dr. Carolyn Sein from WHO
Coffee with Polio Experts: Professor David Salisbury (Video)
"Professor David Salisbury, chair of the Global Commission for the Certification of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis, talks us through the process of certifying the world as polio-free, and the importance of containing the virus after eradication."