News Stories
21/12/2019
Kenya, Mozambique and Niger have curbed polio outbreaks that erupted in different episodes over the past 24 months, World Health Organization (WHO) announced.
19/12/2019
GPEI head Michel Zaffran sheds light on the global cVDPV2 situation, the need for type 2-containing OPV, and implications for containment
15/12/2019
Gender-disaggregated data drives progress in Nigeria’s polio eradication programme.
11/12/2019
Part three in our series on the ‘plus’ in PolioPlus.
04/12/2019
WHO invites filmmakers to participate in our inaugural film festival
03/12/2019
Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for September 2019
02/12/2019
At 25,747 alerts and counting, the AVADAR app is a pivotal tool in the disease surveillance arsenal.
25/11/2019
Aziz Memon, incoming Rotary Foundation Trustee, explains why he’s determined to finish the task of polio eradication.
19/11/2019
Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for October 2019
19/11/2019
Countries and partners announce commitments to vaccinate 450 million children against polio each year and to overcome barriers to reaching every child
14/11/2019
Part two in our series on the ‘plus’ in PolioPlus.
31/10/2019
In the run up to the GPEI Pledging Event in November, the G20 Okayama Declaration emphasizes ending polio and delivering vaccines to all.
30/10/2019
Three-year-old Junaisa is the first child in the Philippines to contract polio since 2001. This is her story.
25/10/2019
DG calls for doubling of efforts to now finish all remaining poliovirus strains
24/10/2019
Global eradication of wild poliovirus type 3 declared on World Polio Day
