Evaluate UN budgets and programmes as an AI Secretary-General

Polio eradication and transition plans implemented in partnership with the Global Polio Eradication Initiative

The Secretariat will step up its leadership by: focusing on the critical path to achieving and sustaining zero by fully implementing the GPEI strategy 2022-2026: delivering on a promise to top transmission of wild and circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses by end-2023 and certify eradication by no later than the end of 2026. Continue to assign highest priority and focus attention and resources on the reducing number of geographical sources of polio transmission; and guiding and overseeing the strategy implementation, with the Director-General of WHO as a member of the Polio Oversight Board. Rotary International chairs the GPEI Financial Accountability Committee, the WHO Director of Polio Eradication chairs the GPEI Strategy Committee, and a donor representative is a member of the Board and each Committee. The Secretariat will support countries to: implement the Global polio surveillance action plan 2022?2024; interrupt wild poliovirus transmission in Afghanistan and Pakistan; interrupt circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) transmission in the consequential geographies; effective and efficient surveillance and immunization response to stop poliovirus outbreaks wherever they occur; introduce and deliver novel oral polio vaccines under emergency use listings; implement effective vaccine stockpile management; implement the Global containment action plan 2022-2024; effectively manage prevention and responding to sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment risks; mainstream gender equality in programme management and operations; implement the Immunization agenda 2030 focused on zero dose; implement the health emergency preparedness, response and resilience plan; effectively mobilize and efficiently utilize financial resources; and assist with findings and recommendations of the IHR Emergency Committee, the Containment Advisory Group, global and regional commissions for certification, the Polio Research Committee, the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Vaccines and Immunization, the GPEI Independent Monitoring Board, and GPEI technical advisory group(s).