Weekly epidemiological record - 35th meeting of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication, 2–3 May 2023

The 35th meeting of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication (ITFDE)1 was convened in a hybrid (virtual and in-person) format at the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, on 2–3 May 2023 to discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on eradication and elimination programmes. The meeting was a follow-up to one in October 2020 on the potential effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the pillars of effective public health programmes and the result if delivery of necessary effective public health programmes to underserved populations was impeded.