News Stories
05/12/2018
A review committee met in Nairobi to assess progress of the African region towards being certified polio-free
03/12/2018
After an 18-month long intensive vaccination campaign in the face of a poliovirus outbreak in Syria, the outbreak has been successfully stopped.
30/11/2018
Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for November 2018
27/11/2018
Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for October 2018
27/11/2018
In the Horn of Africa, health workers are using application-based technology to respond to poliovirus outbreaks with greater speed and accuracy.
23/11/2018
Afghanistan aims to reach the most vulnerable in Southern and Eastern provinces.
05/11/2018
Papua New Guinea’s first polio case in decades is a champion for eradication
02/11/2018
Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for September 2018
31/10/2018
Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for October 2018
29/10/2018
Religious clerics promote routine immunization and other health services by delivering messages to husbands, fathers and sons at mosques.
25/10/2018
New collection of 30+ multimedia stories from Afghanistan, Pakistan and India now available on GPEI website
24/10/2018
Were you vaccinated? 24 October 2018 marks this year’s World Polio Day, a global day to raise awareness and resources in support of the polio eradication effort. Rotarians and other partners are reaching out to leaders and communities, to engage them...
23/10/2018
Polio frontline workers ensure that no child is left behind during door-to-door immunization campaigns.
16/10/2018
Over 31 million children will be vaccinated against measles in Pakistan in a countrywide immunization campaign supported by the polio programme’s greatest asset: its people.
