The Horn of Africa Technical Advisory Group (HOA TAG) was established to review the situation and progress of poliomyelitis (polio) eradication in countries of the Horn of Africa, identify areas of concern and issue technical recommendations on appropriate strategies to ensure the interruption of wild poliovirus transmission in the Horn of Africa and neighbouring countries.
The HOA TAG meets annually. The meeting is attended by Technical Advisory Group members, technical advisors, national representatives and partner organizations, such as UNICEF, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Rotary International. It is also attended by representatives of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan and Yemen as Member States, and Chad and Tanzania with observer status.
Some reports of the meetings are not available.
The sixth meeting of the technical advisory group on polio eradication in the Horn of Africa Countries, Nairobi, Kenya, 04–05 May 2011
The fifth meeting of the technical advisory group on polio eradication in the Horn of Africa Countries, Kenya, Nairobi, 08–09 March 2010
The fourth meeting of the technical advisory group on polio eradication in the Horn of Africa Countries, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 26–27 February 2009
The third meeting of the technical advisory group on polio eradication in the Horn of Africa Countries, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 24–25 July 2008
The second meeting of the technical advisory group on polio eradication in the Horn of Africa Countries, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 27–29 April 2007
The first meeting of the technical advisory group on polio eradication in the Horn of Africa Countries, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 14–16 August 2006