News Stories
08/08/2018
Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for June 2018
30/07/2018
In the face of ongoing transmission of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV) affecting the country, provincial governors from across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) convened an urgent emergency high-level meeting in Kinshasa la...
24/07/2018
Afia is part of one of the biggest female work forces in Afghanistan.
23/07/2018
How a vaccine refuser became an advocate for polio eradication.
23/07/2018
Across the Lake Chad Basin, e-Surve technology is revolutionizing the way that the polio programme conducts disease surveillance
23/07/2018
New study shows fractional dose IPV (fIPV) boosts mucosal immunity in previously OPV-vaccinated children.
18/07/2018
Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for May 2018
12/07/2018
Government launches emergency measures to prevent children from lifelong paralysis.
10/07/2018
Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for May 2018
29/06/2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Canada’s continued support for polio eradication celebrated at the 2018 Rotary International Convention.
29/06/2018
In the sahel surrounding Lake Chad, health workers provide vaccines to refugees and internally displaced people.
27/06/2018
In hard-to-reach communities, a Canada-funded project is opening up access to health.
22/06/2018
Outbreak response to be launched to stop further spread of the virus
21/06/2018
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea announced today an additional US$ 2 million to fund polio outbreak response and surveillance activities in the Horn of Africa.
15/06/2018
Following unconfirmed reports on 8 June of suspected polio re-emergence in Venezuela, final laboratory testing has confirmed the cause of the paralysis is not wild poliovirus or vaccine-derived poliovirus.
