Hamid Jafari

Hamid Jafari

Dr. Hamid Jafari is the director of global polio eradication operations and research at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva. Before this appointment in March 2012, Jafari served as the project manager of WHO's National Polio Surveillance Project in India. He also served as director of the global immunization division at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention and as the medical officer for polio eradication in the regional office of WHO for Eastern Mediterranean.

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What we've learned about reaching every last child

What we've learned about reaching every last child

almost 11 years ago // Dr. Hamid Jafari on polio eradication

This year, for the first time in history, polio has paralyzed children in only two countries. The global health community now needs to fine-tune and continue to innovate as it applies lessons learned to reach the last child. An exclusive commentary from the director of WHO's global polio eradication operations and research for #WHA68.

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