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Fourth GAVI Board Meeting, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 19 November 2000
Collaboration with specific disease programmes
Dr Bruce
Aylward, WHO, presented the current status of the
Polio Eradication Initiative , outlining the status of polio eradication
since ‘acceleration’, challenges to the 2001-2005 Strategic Plan,
lessons that might be applicable to GAVI, and GAVI/polio synergies. Mr
Michel Zaffran, WHO, presented the new draft strategy on
reducing measles mortality (Word – 47k), prepared jointly by WHO, UNICEF
and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Board:
5.1
Reaffirmed its previously-stated objective that "it is of high
priority for GAVI that the mortality from measles (presently 900,000
children’s deaths per year) is brought down by reaching every child with
measles vaccine."
5.2
Requested the Working Group to consult with partners and develop a
combined paper outlining the strategies for integrating GAVI objectives
into the polio eradication and measles initiatives (including
cost-benefit analyses of the different strategies). The paper, to be
presented for discussion at the Board’s June 2001 meeting, should:
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propose a
framework and timeline for the transition of human resources,
surveillance capacity and physical infrastructure of the polio
eradication initiative to support the broader GAVI agenda;
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consider
the possibility of adopting joint milestones for GAVI, polio and
measles;
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consider
the use of polio performance indicators for countries receiving
support from the Vaccine Fund;
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explore
new opportunities for integration of vitamin A supplementation and
other practical health interventions into routine immunization
activities.
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