These setbacks were related to issues such as political distractions, Taliban resistance and virus mutations following the use of the ‘mOPV2’ vaccine. Great progress has been made with these issues:
- governments have refocussed and there were zero cases in Pakistan in December
- discussions have commenced with the Taliban
- a new vaccine, ‘Novel OPV2’ was introduced in October, and it is dramatically less likely to mutate.
How Donations were used in 2019-2020
Polio Plus Grants from Rotary Trustee Approved 20 October 2020
- African Region Surveillance WHO 6,132,134
- Nigeria Technical Assistance UNICEF 501,738
- Nigeria Soc Mob UNICEF 2,424,131
- Eastern Mediterranean Region Surveillance WHO 1,684,314
- Afghanistan Social Mobilization UNICEF 3,109,688
- Afghanistan Operational Support WHO 4,370,950
- Pakistan Social Mobilization UNICEF 3,210,000
- Pakistan Operational Support UNICEF 6,697,408
- Pakistan Operational Support WHO 6,352,774
- Social Mobilization: Outbreak Response UNICEF 1,535,648
- mOPV2 Stockpile WHO 12,360,000
- Polio Research Grants WHO 151,784
- Polio Research Committee Operations WHO 1,469,431
- Total $ 50,000,000
