Data Management Assistant

GRADE: GS 6 Step 1BACKGROUNDThe Global Commission for the Certification of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis certified the eradication of type 2 poliovirus in 2015. In 2016 the trivalent oral polio vaccine was withdrawn from all routine immunization programmes globally and replaced by the bivalent vaccine. The risk of spread of wild polio viruses (WPVs) from endemic countries and vaccine derived polio viruses (VDPVs) which can arise in different context remains a threat. Currently the type 2 component of the oral polio vaccine accounts for the majority of circulating vaccine derived polio virus…