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Polio Emergency Committee Due for Its 46th Review
World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva, SwitzerlandWorld Health Organization
Starts 11/21/2026ESTIMATEDDate confidence: ESTIMATEDA target, not a fixed dateHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all ESTIMATED pins69% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 69%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins from 50% to 74% confidencein 48 daysWHO^[1][2][3][4] gives no 46th meeting date; the 45th statement "extended the Temporary Recommendations ... effective, 21 August 2026" and recommended "extending the Temporary Recommendations for a further three months", which puts the next review near 21 November.
WHO extended the polio Temporary Recommendations for a further three months from 21 August 2026, so the IHR Emergency Committee is expected to review whether polio remains a public health emergency around late November. Wild poliovirus type 1 stays confined to Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Health09/30/2026@ThePinGang
Polio Programme Targets Wild Poliovirus Eradication Certification by End-2027
World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva, SwitzerlandGlobal Polio Eradication Initiative
Starts 12/31/2027ESTIMATEDDate confidence: ESTIMATEDA target, not a fixed dateHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all ESTIMATED pins70% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 70%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins from 50% to 74% confidencein 1.2 yearsGPEI decided "to extend the timeline for certifying the eradication of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1)", with the revised strategy aiming at "certification of WPV1 eradication by end-2027"; a year alone is taken as its last day.^[1]
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative's extended strategy sets certification of wild poliovirus type 1 eradication by the end of 2027, with transmission in Afghanistan and Pakistan meant to stop first. Both countries still report cases.

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Health09/30/2026@ThePinGang
Pakistan Confirms Fifth Wild Polio Case of 2026 in Bannu
Domel, Bannu District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, PakistanNational Emergency Operations Centre (Pakistan)
Starts 09/29/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins79% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 79%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better5 days agoGeo^[1] News^[2], 29 September 2026: the NEOC reported "the fifth polio case of 2026", a 17-month-old girl in Domel tehsil, Bannu.
Pakistan's National Emergency Operations Centre announced on 29 September a wild poliovirus case in a 17-month-old girl from Khandar Khankhel union council, Domel tehsil, Bannu district, the fifth of 2026. Four of the five cases are from Bannu division; Pakistan reported 31 in 2025.
Health09/21/2026@HealthDesk
The Salk Polio Vaccine Is Declared Safe and Effective
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States
Starts 04/12/1955CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins87% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 87%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 2 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better71.5 years agoThe field trial results were announced at the University of Michigan on 12 April 1955, the date the announcement itself carries.^[1]
At Ann Arbor, Thomas Francis Jr announced the results of the largest medical field trial ever run - 1.8 million children - and pronounced Jonas Salk's polio vaccine safe, effective and potent. Church bells rang across the United States; within two years American cases had fallen by almost 90 per cent.

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Polio Emergency Committee Due for Its 46th Review

World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland

World Health Organization

Polio Emergency Committee Due for Its 46th Review

Starts 11/21/2026ESTIMATED69% CONFIDENCEin 48 daysWHO^[1][2][3][4] gives no 46th meeting date; the 45th statement "extended the Temporary Recommendations ... effective, 21 August 2026" and recommended "extending the Temporary Recommendations for a further three months", which puts the next review near 21 November.

WHO extended the polio Temporary Recommendations for a further three months from 21 August 2026, so the IHR Emergency Committee is expected to review whether polio remains a public health emergency around late November. Wild poliovirus type 1 stays confined to Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Health09/30/2026@ThePinGang

Polio Programme Targets Wild Poliovirus Eradication Certification by End-2027

World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland

Global Polio Eradication Initiative

Polio Programme Targets Wild Poliovirus Eradication Certification by End-2027

Starts 12/31/2027ESTIMATED70% CONFIDENCEin 1.2 yearsGPEI decided "to extend the timeline for certifying the eradication of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1)", with the revised strategy aiming at "certification of WPV1 eradication by end-2027"; a year alone is taken as its last day.^[1]

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative's extended strategy sets certification of wild poliovirus type 1 eradication by the end of 2027, with transmission in Afghanistan and Pakistan meant to stop first. Both countries still report cases.

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Health09/30/2026@ThePinGang

Pakistan Confirms Fifth Wild Polio Case of 2026 in Bannu

Domel, Bannu District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, PakistanNational Emergency Operations Centre (Pakistan)

Starts 09/29/2026CONFIRMED79% CONFIDENCE5 days agoGeo^[1] News^[2], 29 September 2026: the NEOC reported "the fifth polio case of 2026", a 17-month-old girl in Domel tehsil, Bannu.

Pakistan's National Emergency Operations Centre announced on 29 September a wild poliovirus case in a 17-month-old girl from Khandar Khankhel union council, Domel tehsil, Bannu district, the fifth of 2026. Four of the five cases are from Bannu division; Pakistan reported 31 in 2025.

Health09/21/2026@HealthDesk

The Salk Polio Vaccine Is Declared Safe and Effective

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States

Starts 04/12/1955CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE71.5 years agoThe field trial results were announced at the University of Michigan on 12 April 1955, the date the announcement itself carries.^[1]

At Ann Arbor, Thomas Francis Jr announced the results of the largest medical field trial ever run - 1.8 million children - and pronounced Jonas Salk's polio vaccine safe, effective and potent. Church bells rang across the United States; within two years American cases had fallen by almost 90 per cent.

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