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<p>The UK works closely with the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) to support
their efforts in promoting and delivering polio vaccination programmes in Afghanistan,
Pakistan and Nigeria. We follow developments closely in country through DFID country
office staff and through our engagement with GPEI headquarters in Geneva. The successes
of the GPEI in Nigeria is evidenced by that country’s achievement of three years without
wild polio virus.</p><p> </p><p>During engagement with the GPEI and during bilaterals
with the remaining endemic countries the UK stresses the importance of understanding
the context-specific blocks to eradication and promoting the great value of immunisation.</p>
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