Yesterday, a meeting with Syria’s Minister of Health, Dr Musab Al-Ali, @WHOEMRO’s Officer-in-Charge Dr Adham Ismail commended the Ministry’s transparency, leadership and swift action following the detection of polio in Deir Ez Zor.
WHO appreciates Syria’s close cooperation and is mobilizing technical support, working with national authorities and partners to strengthen surveillance and vaccination efforts, stop transmission and protect every child.
Syria has stopped polio before. With urgency and determination, the country can do it again.
Read more on the Syrian Arab Republic’s coordinated public health response following poliovirus detection in Deir Ezzor: emro.who.int/syria/news/syri…
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