Media Resource Kit: Preparing for IPV Introduction

"We hope that this will be a useful complement to the range of other communication tools and templates available to support the introduction of IPV."

This kit is designed to support countries and regions in the various media activities related to the introduction of inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) in light of the fact that, before the end of 2015, over 100 countries worldwide currently using oral polio vaccine (OPV) only will be introducing IPV into their routine immunisation programmes. Published by the World Health Organization (WHO), this core media kit has been developed as a reference resource. Contents include:

1. "IPV introduction key messages
2. IPV introduction: Spokesperson questions and answers
3. How to write a press release
4. Quick checklist for editing press releases
5. Sample national press release
6. How to organize a press conference"

WHO states that questions and feedback on this kit are welcome; see contact information, below.