Terms of Reference

1. To regularly review the performance of acute flaccid paralysis/polio surveillance and polio immunisation activities in Hong Kong SAR and advise the Hong Kong Childhood Immunisation Programme on requirements to sustain certification quality standards; 

2. To distribute information relevant to maintaining the polio-free status of Hong Kong SAR to each sector concerned; 

3. To update the Regional Certification Commission on an annual basis if surveillance is adequate to both detect and respond to potential importations of wild poliovirus and vaccine-derived poliovirus, if immunity levels against poliovirus are high to protect against poliovirus circulation and to present a conclusion if there is evidence of poliovirus circulation in Hong Kong SAR; 

4. To review if requirements for poliovirus laboratory containment are met in Hong Kong SAR; and 

5. To inform the World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific Region secretariat on an ad hoc basis if there is any obstacle for maintaining the polio-free status in Hong Kong SAR.

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