 The Task Force for Child Survival and Development supports the Global Polio Eradication Initiative through partnerships with the World Health Organization (WHO), the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and US National Program Vaccine Office (NVPO). |
|
|
The Task Force publishes the
Polio Lab Network Quarterly UPDATE on behalf of WHO and assists
in the building and improving of the WHO Global Polio Laboratory Network. Nationwide Survey of Biomedical Laboratories (PPT) Click here to download a free PowerPoint viewer. This PowerPoint presentation may be used by anyone who needs to explain the national survey. (To download, right click the title and choose "Save Target As..." from the menu.) Laboratory Containment of Wild Polioviruses The Task Force is under contract with the Department of Health and Human Services to assist in planning and implementing a US Plan of Action for Laboratory Containment of Wild Polioviruses. With the eradication of polio now in sight, the laboratories of the world may soon be the only source of wild polioviruses. Prevention of inadvertent transmission of polioviruses from the laboratory to the community is crucial. Absolute laboratory containment can never be assured. Questions of intentional or unintentional noncompliance will always remain. Effective laboratory containment, however, is a realistic goal. The first steps toward that goal are the development and implementation of a national laboratory survey and the creation of a national inventory of all laboratories retaining specimens in which wild polioviruses may be present. The survey will alert laboratories to the impending eradication of polio, encourage the disposition of all unneeded infectious and potentially infectious materials, and establish a national inventory of laboratories retaining such materials. Laboratories on the inventory will be kept informed of polio eradication progress and notified, when necessary, to implement biosafety requirements appropriate for the risk of working with such materials. The anticipated date of project completion is the late 2003. |
 To learn more about
the WHO Global Polio Eradication Initiative,
go directly to the
WHO home page.CONTACT INFORMATION: Walter Dowdle, PhD, Consultant to WHO Address: Global Polio Eradication Program 750 Commerce Drive, Suite 400 Decatur, Georgia 30030 phone: 404.371.0466 fax: 404.371.1087 email: polio@taskforce.org |
Center for Child Well-being
Child Health Recognition Awards
Collaboration in Global Health
The Global Health Promise
Global Polio Eradication
Global Road Safety
Justin's HOPE
Lymphatic Filariasis Support Center
Mebendazole Donation
Mectizan Donation
National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable
Partners TB Control
Public Health Informatics Institute
Orphans and Vulnerable Children & HIV/AIDS
Reach-Out
| Privacy Policy | Contact Info | Directions | 325 Swanton Way, Decatur, Georgia 30030 |
|||
| ©2007 The Task Force for Child Survival and Development | phone: 1.800.765.7173 . 1.404.371.0466 . fax: 1.404.371.1087 . email: info@taskforce.org | |||