The Eastern Mediterranean Regional Commission for Certification of Poliomyelitis Eradication (RCC) held its 28th meeting in Amman, Jordan, from 22 to 24 April 2014. The meeting was attended by members of the RCC, chairpersons of the National Certification Committees (NCCs) and national polio eradication officers of 20 countries of the Region.
The meeting was also attended by representatives from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and Rotary International and by WHO staff from headquarters, the Regional Offices for Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean, and country offices for Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Dr Yagob Al Mazrou, Chairman of the RCC, expressed concern about the prevailing security situation and political instability in some countries of the Region which is not only affecting the quality of polio eradication efforts in these countries but also threatens to affect quality in neighbouring countries. The Chairman expressed the hope that the Region would see the end of polio in the very near future.