| AESIs | Adverse Events of Special Interest |
| AFP | Acute Flaccid Paralysis |
| bOPV | Bivalent Oral Polio Vaccine |
| BPOM | Badan POM (Indonesian Regulatory Authority) |
| cVDPV | Circulating Vaccine-derived Poliovirus |
| cVDPV2 | Circulating Vaccine-derived Poliovirus type 2 |
| DG | Director-General (of WHO) |
| DRC | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| EUA | Emergency Use Authorization |
| EUAL | Emergency Use Assessment and Listing |
| EUL | Emergency Use Listing |
| GACVS | Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety |
| GAP | Global Action Plan |
| GPEI | Global Polio Eradication Initiative |
| GPLN | Global Polio Laboratory Network |
| IPV | Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine |
| mOPV2 | Monovalent Oral Polio Vaccine type 2 |
| MRC | Medical Research Council |
| NIBSC | National Institute for Biological Standards and Controls |
| nOPV | Novel Oral Polio Vaccine |
| nOPV2 | Novel Oral Polio Vaccine type 2 |
| nOPV WG | Novel Oral Polio Vaccine Working Group |
| OPV | Oral Polio Vaccine |
| OPV2 | Oral Polio Vaccine type 2 |
| PQ | Prequalification |
| PQT | Prequalification Team |
| SAGE | Strategic Advisory Group of Experts to the WHO |
| SIAs | Supplementary Immunization Activities |
| tOPV | Trivalent Oral Polio Vaccine |
| UNICEF | United Nations Children’s Fund |
| US CDC | US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| VAPP | Vaccine-associated Paralytic Poliomyelitis |
| VDPV | Vaccine-derived Poliovirus |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WPV2 | Wild Poliovirus type 2 |