The PAV trains 27 stakeholders to strengthen environmental surveillance for polio in Kogo

The Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI), with technical and financial assistance from the World Health Organization (WHO), is holding a training and refresher course on October 15–16 in the city of Kogo for stakeholders involved in environmental surveillance for polio.

The training brings together 27 participants from various sectors linked to this surveillance system, whose work helps strengthen the detection and monitoring of potential polioviruses present in the environment.

Environmental surveillance serves as a complementary tool to epidemiological surveillance of polio. Through the systematic collection and analysis of environmental samples, it provides additional information on the possible circulation of polioviruses and helps ensure a timely response to any signs of risk.

Over the course of the two-day event, participants are updating their knowledge and procedures related to environmental surveillance, with a special focus on the roles of the various stakeholders involved in the process and the importance of maintaining coordinated, high-quality surveillance.

Over the course of the two-day workshop, participants updated their knowledge and procedures related to environmental surveillance, with a special focus on the roles of the various stakeholders involved in the process and the importance of maintaining coordinated, high-quality surveillance.

The workshop was opened by the Government Delegate of Kogo, who attended the start of the training activities.

This training is part of the PAV’s efforts to strengthen polio surveillance in Equatorial Guinea, with technical and financial support from the WHO, as part of the efforts to prevent, detect early, and protect the population against vaccine-preventable diseases.