1. Countries using IPV vaccine to date and formal decision to introduce
World Health Organization
13 July, 2019
Introduced to date
Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas (the) Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Cambodia Cameroon Canada Central African Republic (the) Chad Chile China Colombia Congo (the) Cook Islands Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic (the) Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic (the) Democratic Republic of the Congo (the) Ecuador El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Georgia Germany Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Lao People’s Democratic Republic (the) Latvia Lebanon Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands (the) Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia (Federated States of) Monaco Montenegro Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Netherlands (the) New Zealand Nicaragua Niger (the) Nigeria Niue Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines (the) Poland Portugal Qatar Republic of Korea (the) Romania Russian Federation (the) Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Saudi Arabia Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic (the) Thailand The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Timor-Leste Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates (the) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the) United States of America (the) Uruguay Vanuatu Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Yemen
Countries re-introduced
Bhutan Côte d'Ivoire Morocco Sao Tome and Principe Senegal Sudan (the)
Already introduced but need to re-introduce
Burundi Cabo Verde Comoros (the) Djibouti Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (the) Gambia (the) Guinea-Bissau Iran (Islamic Republic of) Lesotho Nepal
Formal commitment to introduce in
Burkina Faso Egypt Eritrea Ghana Kyrgyzstan Malawi Mongolia Republic of Moldova (the) Tajikistan Togo United Republic of Tanzania (the) Uzbekistan Viet Nam Zambia Zimbabwe
Since January 2013, the following countries have introduced IPV: Kazakhstan, Peru & Singapore (July 2013); Micronesia (August 2013); Libya (April 2014); Albania & Panama (May 2014); Nepal & Tunisia (September 2014); Philippines (October 2014); China (December 2014); Comoros, Senegal & Serbia (January 2015); Colombia & Nigeria (February 2015); Bangladesh & Maldives (March 2015); DR Congo, DPR Korea & The Gambia (April 2015); Madagascar (May 2015); Cote d'Ivoire, Grenada, Kiribati, Morocco, St Vincent and the Grenadines & Sudan (June 2015); Bhutan, Cameroon, Niger, Pakistan, Philippines & Sri Lanka (July 2015); Benin, Chad, Papua New Guinea, The Former Yug. Rep. of Macedonia (August 2015); Afghanistan, CAR, Dominica, Guyana, Iran, Jamaica, Seychelles & Solomon Islands (September 2015); Bahamas, Lao People's Dem Rep, Nauru, Samoa (October 2015); Antigua and Barbuda, Botswana, Burundi, Cook Islands, Guinea, India, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, St Lucia, Suriname, Tuvalu, Vanuatu & Yemen (November 2015); Algeria, Belize, Cambodia, Dominical Rep, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Georgia, Honduras, Kenya, Myanmar, Paraguay, St Kitts & Nevis, S. Sudan, Thailand, Tonga & Trinidad & Tobago (December 2015); Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Iraq & Venezuela (Bolivian Rep of) (January 2016); Azerbaijan, Bolivia & Timor-Leste (February 2016); Chile & Mali (March 2016); Argentina, Congo, Djibouti, Lesotho, Sao Tome & P., Uganda (April 2016); Armenia, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia & Swaziland (July 2016); Eq. Guinea (August 2016); Cabo Verde (April 2017); Liberia (July 2017); Angola (December 2017); Turkmenistan (January 2018); Sierra Leone (February 2018); Rwanda (March 2018); Gambia (Q2-2018)
Introduced* to date (163 countries)
Re-introduced (6 countries)
Formal commitment to introduce in (15 countries)
Introduced but need to re-introduce (10 countries)
Not available
Not applicable
Data source: WHO/IVB Database, as of 14 March 2018
Map production Immunization Vaccines and Biologicals (IVB),
World Health Organization
* Including partial introduction in India
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Date of slide: 14 March 2018