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Vaccine Derived Polioviruses, New Tools, and New Strategies

In this video, Ahmad Omid Rahimi talks about one of the challenges of the polio eradication: vaccine-derived poliovirus. (Step 3.2)

Ahmad Omid Rahimi, MD, MPH Global Innovations Consultancy Services, Afghanistan

In the lecture, you are asked to view the video

This is an additional video, hosted on YouTube.

In the context of the lecture and reading A Vaccine We Don’t Even Use Anymore is a Reason Polio Keeps Spreading—Yes, Really, consider the following question and post your response in the discussion:

Why has the global switch from OPV to IPV been so challenging overall?
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