UKHSA, in collaboration with NHSE and MHRA, is hosting an interactive webinar for clinicians and laboratory staff to enhance understanding of acute flaccid paralysis and myelitis (AFP/AFM).

The College is delighted to have approved this external event for CPD credits.

If you have any questions regarding this event, please see host's information at the bottom of this page or via the Book Now button.
 

TOPICS COVERED

The interactive webinar will cover clinical management, reporting, and laboratory processes, with a strong focus on surveillance. It will cover the key elements of WHO global polio eradication efforts in the UK including AFP/AFM surveillance, non-polio enterovirus surveillance and environmental wastewater surveillance, in the context of global polio eradication efforts.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This webinar is suitable for clinicians, laboratory professionals, health protection and public health staff.

SPEAKERS

  • Dr. Vanessa Saliba (UKHSA)
  • Professor Ming Lim (NHSE)
  • Chris Bell (UKHSA)
  • Dr. Emmanuel Okpo (UKHSA)
  • Dr. Cristina Celma (UKHSA)
  • Stuart Beard (UKHSA)
  • Dr. Anika Singanayagam (UKHSA)
  • Dr. Tishya Venkatraman (UKHSA)
  • Dr. Javier Martin (MHRA)

For more information, please contact: [email protected].

  • 13:00 - 13/10/2025 to 16:00 - 13/10/2025
  • Virtual event, United Kingdom